From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Sep 1 21: 3:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from ren.detir.qld.gov.au (ns.detir.qld.gov.au [203.46.81.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93CF14E29 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:03:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.detir.qld.gov.au; id OAA24521; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:00:03 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.detir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.detir.qld.gov.au via smap (3.2) id xma024436; Thu, 2 Sep 99 13:59:46 +1000 Received: from atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (atlas.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA07461; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:59:39 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (nymph.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA09920; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:59:34 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (localhost.detir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA11043; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:59:33 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199909020359.NAA11043@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> To: Wilko Bulte Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: SCSI surprise! (was: Softupdates reliability?) References: <199908311524.RAA53070@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199908311524.RAA53070@yedi.iaf.nl> from Wilko Bulte at "Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:24:41 +0200" Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 13:59:32 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tuesday, 31st August 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: >As Stephen McKay wrote ... >> I'll check the drive more carefully tonight for "power terminator from BUS" >> stuff to see if there is any possible silly stuff there. But I think the >> fact is that sometimes it's not safe to just pull the power plug. > >Maybe there is something really weird about your particular drive. I can >only repeat my experience which is different :/ I checked the problem drive last night. The drive was set to power its own terminator, but the terminator is definitely off. It can also power the SCSI bus, but that's off too. So, all looks normal. I'll just assume this is a rogue drive until I see another one. I still don't understand how it's possible though. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message