From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 29 08:15:44 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA00352 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 May 1995 08:15:44 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA00343 ; Mon, 29 May 1995 08:15:41 -0700 Message-Id: <199505291515.IAA00343@freefall.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Andreas Schulz cc: pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems when adding a 3rd SCSI drive In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 May 95 07:59:00 +0159." <199505290559.HAA21616@freebsd.first.gmd.de> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 08:15:40 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> Current hardware installed: >> >> Adaptec 2842VL SCSI controller ID 7 >> Seagate ST1230N disk drive ID 0 >> Seagate ST31230N disk drive ID 1 >> Archive 2150S tape drive ID 2 >> Rodime 3085S disk drive ID 5 <---- this is the drive I'm trying to add > >Try to set it up in the Adaptec BIOS as a slow 5Mbyte drive >and async only. The problems you are seeing may be caused from mixing >very old cruft ( Rodime, SCSI I? ) with new fast drives Seagate ST31230N >is a fast, synchronous 10Mbyte drive. > > > ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) > >Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST 12489 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 >Gebaeude 13.10 Tel: +49-30-6392-1856/+49-177-2134745 Germany/Europe It may also be that you are using a portion of your cable that is bad, so you don't see the problem unless you attach any device to that section of cable. -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================