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Date:      Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:42:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        barry@lustig.com, stable@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI Failure during Amanda Backup  (Unexpected busfree)
Message-ID:  <199904201942.VAA04015@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <21146.924636487@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at "Apr 20, 1999  9:28: 7 pm"

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As sthaug@nethelp.no wrote ...
> > > I am using all 3 SCSI connectors on the motherboard.  The 50 pin connector  
> > 
> > Wrong. This is one SCSI bus as far as I can see. SCSI buses are linear
> > things, not star shaped. And they have only 2 terminators, each on every
> > end of the bus.
> 
> What you may be missing here is that the ASUS P2B-DS has the Adaptec
> AIC 3860 bridge (as an option), which gives you an electrically isolated
> single-ended bus. So in this case, it should be possible to use all three
> connectors.

Right, that definitely makes a difference. I don't know all the Asus
boards ;-)

For troubleshooting I still like to suggest to go back to as simple
a SCSI config as possible.

Groeten / Cheers,
Wilko
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