Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:32:16 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> To: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with external SCSI device Message-ID: <948070000.1029519135@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <1029516746.2796.3.camel@jan-linnb.lan> References: <1029514410.3d5d24aa9e561@www-mail.lan> <912860000.1029515999@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <1029516746.2796.3.camel@jan-linnb.lan>
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> Am Fre, 2002-08-16 um 18.39 schrieb Justin T. Gibbs: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > sorry for cross-posting but I am not quite sure if this maybe a alpha >> > specific problem. >> > >> > Here is the situation: >> > I bought an external DAT streamer from ebay, whenever I try to boot >> > with the streamer connected I machine stops with: >> > >> > ahc0: Someone reset channel A >> >> Are you sure that the DAT drive is properly terminating the bus? > > I think so. The DAT is an older IBM 3440 001. The guy I bought it from > said it had an internal terminator. There's only one Centronics > connector on the case, so I can't use a terminator anyway. Most of these drives require you to set a jumper or dip-switch to nable termination. Do you have auto-termination set on the SCSI adapter or did you manually change the settings? A verbose boot from the system should tell you how the controller is terminated. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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