From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Sep 24 23:28:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA05922 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:28:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA05917 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:28:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA14626; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:28:34 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199809250628.AAA14626@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Ted Buswell Subject: Re: opinions on possible bad disk? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:42:20 +0930." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:22:02 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >On 25-Sep-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >>> ahc0: rev 0x00 int a irq 19 on pci0.6.0 >>> ahc0: Illegal cable configuration!! >>> Only two connectors on the adapter may be used at a time! ... >I get this on a 7895 built into a Super Micro motherboard.. >Which is kind of suprising since it has 2 chains, and there is one device >plugged into each chain :) >The BIOS is set to auto-terminate, which I was told was the cause, and to >turn auto terminate off (then again, it actually works as it stands.. :) I don't know why MB manufacturers insist on allowing the user to enable auto-term when they didn't put auto-term logic on the MB. Anyway, you are currently playing a very dangerous game by leaving auto-term enabled. The bus is not properly terminated and will someday start showing errors. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message