From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 28 17:41:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA20983 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA20975 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.7.5/CET-v2.1) with SMTP id AAA04925; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:38:34 GMT Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:38:34 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Joe Greco cc: Michael Smith , regnauld@tetard.glou.eu.org, smp@csn.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SCSI termination (was: Re: hackers-digest V1 #1415) In-Reply-To: <199608281838.NAA05772@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > Never, ever, _EVER_ terminate on a drive that is not in the same case as > > the controller. _Always_ use a terminator that plugs onto the daisy-out > > connector on the last case you're using. > > I must be paranoid :-) Not only do I do that.. if I have an internal > drive (terminated) and expect to add external drives, I unterminate the > controller and plug a terminator into the back of the machine. :-) I do the same thing. I also order custom SCSI ribbons with a centronics interface so I can put an active terminator on the end of the internal chain. Get this, I use the same terminators with LED's even though I only see it when I open up the box to add more devices. Regards, Mike