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From: witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI bus hangs -- Help needed
Date: 13 May 1994 11:27:23 -0400
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
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In article <2qrksr$7vu@meatball.rwwa.com>, witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) writes:

|> When the bus hangs, all devices have their access lights off, the
|> AHA his its light on. 

If anyone cares:

Being in a hurry, I made several changes and the problem went away.
Normally, I would change one thing at a time, but, like I said,
I was in a hurry.  Below, I list the changes I made:

1) I replaced the AHA with an older one I keep as a spare.

2) I *inserted* the the ``synchronous negotiation'' jumper in
the aha.

3) I removed the terminator power jumper from two of the hard drives.

4) I removed and reinserted all of connectors into all of the drives.

If I had to guess, I bet #2 was the thing that fixed the problem.  Perhaps
this should be a FAQ answer? (Assuming this is a requirement)...

The system has compiled X11 three times as well as done all sorts of
other things including all of the drives (cdrom, disk, and tape) for
three days now without a single hang.

I'm happy.

-- 
 Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430
 R.W. Withrow Associates, 319 Lynnway, Lynn MA 01901 USA, Net: witr@rwwa.COM