From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 16:48:50 1995 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA01487 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:48:50 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA01472 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:48:41 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id TAA08486; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:38:58 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:38:56 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: 2.1-stable just hangs To: Nate Williams cc: "Heiko W.Rupp" , Nate Williams , stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511202106.OAA22815@rocky.sri.MT.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Nate Williams wrote: > One *last* thing that deserves mention is that I wasn't seeing the hangs > until after I added an external HP3C scanner. The scanner has a switch > to enable termination, and termination is enabled. I don't have any way > of sticking an active terminator on this box either. However, adding > the scanner occurred at the same time as the load averages tended to go > nuts, so it may be coincidental. can you rearrange scsi devices to place the scanner in the middle of a scsi chain with active termination at wither end ?? > If it keeps going nuts, I may remove the scanner from the picture. If > so, I'm not sure how to solve my problem long-term, short of buying > another SCSI card just to drive the scanner. NCR SC200 53C810 fast scsi-ii card for pci. its inexpensive and works great in my box. (i have hte same chip on the motherboard) this may be an option, if you have to add a scsi card. > > > Nate > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346