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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
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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

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