Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 15:02:23 -0700 From: David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scsi tape curiousity Message-ID: <20030528150223.F25284@asu.edu> In-Reply-To: <"from dnelson"@allantgroup.com> References: <20030527211248.I18191@asu.edu> <20030528044348.GC53505@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:43:48PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (May 27), David Bear said: > > I called the cybernetics people (maker of the tape unit) and their > > recommendation was to put the tape unit on a separate scsi controller > > from the hard drives. I didn't want to do this since but did anyway. > > It seems to have fixed the problem. I can now use the tape unit. The > > question is > > > > Most likely bad termination. Make sure all the cables are seated well, > make sure you're got active terminators, and make sure that if all your > devices are LVD, you have LVD terminators. so the guy from cybernetics was feeding me BS? ie you can safely run tapes on hard drives on the same scsi chain? I think all drives are lvd AND I know I have an active lvd terminator -- it cost me $30! But, I do have cdrom ron the 50 pin bus. It is terminated using the cdrom internal terminator. I wonder... -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"
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