Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:35:03 GMT From: scherer@jupiter.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Philipp Scherer) To: aic7xxx@freeBsd.org Message-ID: <200002201835.SAA15086@saturn.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de>
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Re:timeout hang on boot ok i will look then for scsi termination problems again. could it be a problem that i have a T-like configuration of the 50 pin narrow branch? With the ribbon that came with the mobo there is a connection from the 50 pin connector on one side to the cdroms and on the other side to the external connector which is connected to the zip drive. zip(term.)----ext.conn.-----host ad.(auto)--cdrom----cdrom(term.) I asked about this configuration in the asus asus newsgroups but I got contrary answers if the T-like configuration is allowed or not. On the adaptec page for the 2740 there is only a configuration example where the host adapter is at the end of the chain and the external connector is behind the cdroms. The manual says that the 68 pin connector is always terminated, so here clearly no T-configuration is possible (There was a different version of the P2BS board which was supplied with an external 68 pin connector. ) Things seem to be different for the 50 pin branch. The system was built by a computer shop which sold lots of computers to our university so I thought they know more about scsi than I do. I think I will try another 50 pin ribbon without the external connector. The problem is not so severe as I normally use the CDROM with linux only for system installation und upgrade. I have to admit that I have windoze on the computer ... philipp scherer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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