From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 17:17:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA04300 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:17:00 -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 RAA04295 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:16:53 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id UAA09074; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 20:07:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 20:07:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: 2.1-stable just hangs To: Nate Williams cc: Nate Williams , "Heiko W.Rupp" , stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511210053.RAA23510@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: > 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. dikes! dike out that db25 and correct the machine! > > > 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. ;) so you'll be able to add an additional one dedicated to the scanner ;^) jmb 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