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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Timeout errors durring installation of FreeBSD 1.0.2 Date: 25 Feb 1994 01:30:43 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 41 Message-ID: <2kjkc3$i0k@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CLHJAM.IK9@unccsun.uncc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <CLHJAM.IK9@unccsun.uncc.edu>, James Lee Robinson <jlrobins@unccsun.uncc.edu> wrote: >Machine: > Drive: Maxtor 7345S (SCSI) w/"Terminator Power" jumper enabled Does the drive have terminators on it? (I'm not sure about the terminator power, I don't think it's needed since the Aha174X provides termination power) > Connected w/2-ended ribbon cable Is this a good cable less than 5 feet long? (I *think* that's whats been suggested) > CD: External Texel w/expensive SCSIII cable w/term DIP on > Host Adaptor: Adaptec 1742 [extended mode: irq 11] Does this card have it's terminators removed or disabled? >Problem: > While trying to install FreeBSD from the Walnut Creek CD, I am getting >device timeouts on both SCSI devices ID:6 (hard drive) and ID:2 CD. When the >floppy boots, the only pertinant/incriminating things it says durring probing >is: >ahb0 int 11 >..... >aha0 not probed due to conflict with int 11 Expected. The 1542 code is not used since the 1742 code IS used. The device timeouts are almost *always* due to SCSI cable/termination problems. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.