Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 08:40:52 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: robert@fledge.watson.org (Robert Watson) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SCSI Iomega zip drive Message-ID: <199602130740.IAA12887@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960212180331.349A-100000@fledge.watson.org> from "Robert Watson" at Feb 12, 96 06:07:55 pm
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> > > I'm borrowing a friends IOMega zip drive for a while so I can move > several file collections onto my FreeBSD 2.1.0 system. I installed the > SCSI card (an adaptec 6360 card) because my existing card has only high > density SCSI-2 external port, and the iomega requires a db-25 port. So > now I have two scsi adapters in the sytem. I've included a copy of my > dmesg and lsdev below. The problem is, I don't know what to do next. I > attempted to mount the drive, it didn't work. When I do a scsi probe on > it, I get a timeout [ sd0[aic0:5:0): timed out] despite the fact that it > kind of gets listed in the dmesg. Any advice from anyone who is using > one already, or any suggestiongs about how to debug the problem would be > much welcomed. > First off, get a DB25 to 50pin adapter for a few bucks - it helps a lot :-) I'm running an IOMEGA ZIP drive off a AH1542B w/o problems though there is some strange probe message which I was told is harmless. The time-out though is bad. Do you have proper cabling/termination? You know that the IOMEGA has a terminator enable/disable switch on the rear? [dmesg, lsdev deleted] --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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