From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 1 01:04:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA20669 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:04:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA20664 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:04:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id AAA16501; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:59:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:59:55 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: scsi question In-Reply-To: <368C5707.2E8E984@cmpu.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > the 2G back in. My main concern is the lack of termination on the > drives. The drives are both Quantum with an SCA interface. Does anyone > have any experience with this type drive? The current 2G (Viking) works > fine. The controller is Adaptec 2940 U/AHA-2940UW . The boot used to > warn abount auto-termination until I diddled with something in the scsi You'll have to buy a active terminator for these drives. They do not 'really' have on board or auto termination. > Is this just sort of a no-brainer that I don't need to worry about? > Is the 2940 that damn smart? You do need to worry about it... SCSI without termination is not the greatest idea. You're also loosing speed. (Both from the lack of speed, and the adapter on the drives.) The Adpatec 2940 card is in my opinion, an OK card. If you can find something with the NCR-875 chipset (like an Asus SC-875,) you'll be better off in the long run. (I've got a Viking after being stupid and not checking, the ad said Atlas. :( Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message