From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 16:51:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA01962 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:51:58 -0800 Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA01949 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:51:53 -0800 Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA23510; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:53:50 -0700 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:53:50 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199511210053.RAA23510@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Cc: Nate Williams , "Heiko W.Rupp" , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1-stable just hangs In-Reply-To: References: <199511202106.OAA22815@rocky.sri.MT.net> Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > 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 ?? Nope, it can *ONLY* be at the end of the chain since it has very non-standard connectors. It has one Centronics connector (used), and a DB25 connector which is normally used to hook the scanner up to it's crappy SCSI card. > > 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. If you read the article fully, you'd know that's the card I have now. ;) Nate