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<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well
the first thing we kneed to know is what drives you are using and what interface
cards you are using. The interface cards are not usually the
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We
have found that the question is not as simple as Oxford 911 vs Oxford
912.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For
instance the latest LaCie drives sem to work OK whereas the latest WD drives
don't although the earlier drives do.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It has
crossed my mind that this might be worth a call to Oxford Semiconductors and I
will do this on Monday.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In the
meantime can you call your disk manufacturer. I know Western Digital were
stunned when they heard that anybody was trying to do this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671164121-05032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bruce</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com
[mailto:firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Stephen.Mattin@ftid.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 March 2004 21:24<BR><B>To:</B>
josh@newgistics.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com;
Chapman, Kyle; firewire-users@oss.oracle.com; Chapman, Kyle;
firewire-users@oss.oracle.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Firewire-users] Oracle
RAC on RHEL3 or WBEL3<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I
have not tried the latest kernels Manish posted,</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>but the linux1394.org site still lists Firewire
800</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(IEEE1394b) compatibilty as
'ToDo'.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I have tried OxSemi 912
chips and managed to mount</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>drives, but
they quickly report lots (GigaBytes) of</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>bus resets and various other errors.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Stephen A. Mattin<BR>Stephen.Mattin@FTID.com<BR>603 770
3390</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>Josh Hildebrand
<josh@newgistics.com></B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=1>Sent by: firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com</FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>03/05/2004 03:59 PM</FONT> <BR></P>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=1> </FONT><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=1> To:
"Chapman, Kyle" <Kyle_Chapman@g1.com>,
firewire-users@oss.oracle.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
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Subject: RE: [Firewire-users] Oracle
RAC on RHEL3 or WBEL3</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Does RAC on Firewire work w/ Oxford 912 chipset?
I know oxford 911 chipset<BR>does. Anyone tested their new one(s)?
I've read they have 912 and a 922.<BR><BR><BR>Oxford Semiconductor's
OXFW912 FireWire800 (IEEE1394b) to IDE (ATA7) bridge<BR>chip is enabling
LaCie's new Big Disk Dual FireWire drive to achieve data<BR>transfer rates up
to 88Mbyte/s.<BR><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From:
Chapman, Kyle [mailto:Kyle_Chapman@G1.com]<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, February
18, 2004 10:57 AM<BR>> To: Josh Hildebrand<BR>> Subject: RE:
[Firewire-users] Oracle RAC on RHEL3 or WBEL3<BR>> <BR>> lacie disks
advertise with the oxford chipset, ive used ones from others<BR>> as
well...<BR>> the fedora1 stuff is supposed to work also so im downloading
iso's for it,<BR>> and since its free im going with that since lamo RH
doesnt include<BR>> upgrades for free with maint on EL2.1, i dont feel like
throwing $$$ at<BR>> "free" software for testing.<BR>>
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