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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!news.smith.edu!sophia.smith.edu!jfieber From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (J Fieber) Subject: Re: Elusive SCSI problems (Adaptec 1542C) <snarl!> Message-ID: <1993May12.162255.2622@sophia.smith.edu> Keywords: Adaptec 1542C, Quantum, SCSI, 386bsd Sender: root@sophia.smith.edu (Operator) Organization: Smith College References: <1993May12.023959.20121@sophia.smith.edu> <C6x3v7.Eyv@world.std.com> Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 16:22:55 GMT Lines: 28 In article <C6x3v7.Eyv@world.std.com> hd@world.std.com (HD Associates) writes: >In article <1993May12.023959.20121@sophia.smith.edu> jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (J Fieber) writes: >>Supposedly the Adaptec 1542C works fine with 386bsd with >>the 0.2.3 patchkit. Others have testified here that it does. > >To get it to work reliably I had to > >1. Replace the external cable to my tape drive with a "nice" one >(from the typical internal grey flat cable to a commercial round one). The adaptec tech support person kept asking if I had any external devices. I kept saying "NO". All devices are internal and for testing purposes I've only connected one Quantum drive. >2. Replace the internal cable to one with no overhang off the end (I >used to have one more place to hook up a drive beyond the last terminated >disk). No overhang on my cables. >3. ILLEGALLY turn on termination on the 1542C. In my setup it should be on but just for kicks I tried it off as well. -- === jfieber@sophia.smith.edu ================================================ ======================================= Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===