Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 09:43:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: scsi@freebsd.org Cc: proett@nas.nasa.gov (Tom Proett) Subject: Re: quantum atlas vs adaptec Message-ID: <199605080743.JAA14034@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199605072133.OAA27433@tailspin.nas.nasa.gov> from Tom Proett at "May 7, 96 02:33:33 pm"
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As Tom Proett wrote: > I bought a Quantum Atlas scsi disk drive (XP34300) and connected it to > my Adaptec 1742A scsi adaptor. ... > I started from DOS and ran fdisk fine. Then I tried format. All went > well until the end when it was going to write the label. At this point, > the system froze with the drive and adaptor busy lights on solid. Are you really sure the cabling, termination, and term power are ok? (Most drives ship with termination enabled, and term power supplied to the bus. By now, at least.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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