Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 12:09:10 -0600 (CST) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: rlb@cs.utexas.edu Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about cabling. Message-ID: <199802061809.MAA13151@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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> The termination power is coming from the drive in both cases, and I > actually did try a different cable on the narrow side (a shorter one). > The shorter narrow cable seemed to make the problem occur less often, > but the system still locks up within a few uses of the wide drive. I > don't have another wide cable, but the one I have is supposed to be a > good one (although it's a bit long). > > I was wondering if putting all the drives on the wide cable via > (non-terminating) adapters, leaving the wide drive to terminate the > end, might help, since it would eliminate the narrow cable altogether, > and shorten the bus. It does sound like a cabling problem since shortening the cable decreases the frequency of lockups. Placing all the drives on the wide cable should help if it is indeed a cabling problem. But if were me, I'd like to be able to use both cables ;-) Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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