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From: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)
Subject: Adaptec termination problem...
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OLK wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 O> There is one special with Adaptec-controllers and IBM. The best 
 O> is to give the IBM's the smallest ID's eg. 0/1/2 and the the 
 O> rest scsi-devices bigger ones.
 O> If possible try to not terminate the IBM's but the CDR's or 
 O> others. This had allways helped (for me and friends at least).

Termination is an electrical issue, having to do with the physical arrangement
of devices on the SCSI bus.  Termination has nothing to do with the ID numbers.
 
-- Mike



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