From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 31 21:06:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01639 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:06:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.cmpu.net (mail.cmpu.net [204.96.11.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01630 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:06:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bhamil@cmpu.net) Received: from cmpu.net (dal-isdn-1-1241.computek.net [205.241.182.241]) by mail.cmpu.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27197 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:06:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bhamil@cmpu.net) Message-ID: <368C5707.2E8E984@cmpu.net> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:03:03 -0600 From: Bill Hamilton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd questions Subject: scsi question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE from a 2g scsi. I received the 3.0-RELEASE cd in the mail this week and want to install that. I also recently purchased a 9G scsi to add to the system. I'm awash in options here, but maybe the easiest is to take out the 2G, put the 9G in and do a virgin install. Then worry about getting 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 bios. My scsi cd uses a 50 pin cable on the other connection and is on the other end of the chain. The new drive would have to go on the same cable with the old drive and the one closest to the 2940 would need to be set un-terminated. Is this just sort of a no-brainer that I don't need to worry about? Is the 2940 that damn smart? Both drives, by the way, come with a 68-80 pin adaptor. The big drive number is QM-39100AL-SCA. Since it came from Frye's, it has no manual. The following is part of a web page at Quantum which (I believe) refers to my drive: "The Atlas III SCA drive does not provide for physical configuration of the SCSI ID. Quantum disk drives that utilize the 80-pin SCA connector do not require any jumper configuration for SCSI ID. Systems that use SCA connections, typically, auto-configure the SCA device. This configuration is determined by the system at start-up or by user definition during system setup. Contact your system manufacturer for details on setting SCSI ID. " I know this is a hardware question. If you know of a better forum for it, please tell me a place to go (besides Hell). I do have other FreeBSD questions, which I'll put under separate posts. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message