Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:57:13 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controller problem Message-ID: <20030511095316.O30401-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <0E857772-8331-11D7-8A86-000393681B06@lafn.org>
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On Sat, 10 May 2003, Doug Hardie wrote:
> I have a system with a Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter controller. The
> original configuration had 1 disk internal and nothing external. The
> external connector had nothing plugged into it. All worked fine.
> However, I tried to add a DLT drive to the external connector. On
> boot, the system hung because it couldn't find the disk. Its supposed
> to boot off the SCSI drive. Running the adaptec scsi utilities it
> found both the internal disk and the external DLT drive. The disk has
> id 0, the DLT 5 and the controller 7. So, I removed the cable from the
> system as I just didn't have time to address that issue at the moment.
> However, it still hung at the same point in the boot. No sequence of
> disconnection of cards, disks, connectors etc. would bring back the
> boot capability. It consistently gets an error message that there is
> no terminator. So, I added a terminator on the external jack. It now
> boots properly. Something has obvioulsy changed but I can't figure out
> what it is. I still need to use the DLT - with the drive, and I need
> to return the terminator as its borrowed. Any ideas on how to make
> this work? Thanks.
Turn off termination on the card (using bios uitility).
Make sure both the disk and the dlt drive have termination enabled.
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Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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