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From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: More Zip drive troubles
Date: 13 Jul 1995 17:34:17 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy
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References: <3trdop$soq@ecl.wustl.edu> <3u2qoa$7je@iii2.iii.net>
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HD Associates (hdslip@iii2.iii.net) wrote:
> In article <3trdop$soq@ecl.wustl.edu>,
> Brian L Gottlieb <brian@beru.wustl.edu> wrote:
> >
> >Occasionally when I am using the Zip drive, something gets in a weird
> >state. The Zip drive's "in use" light will stay on, and the disk
> >keeps spinning, but nothing seems to be happening. It also seems
> >that the SCSI bus is locked up somehow, since I can't access the hard
> >drive when this happens. The Xserver, and whatever programs seem to
> >be sitting in memory still work for a little while, but after about
> >a minute, maybe, everything freezes and I have to hit the reset button
> >on the case.
>
> Yes, this sounds like your SCSI bus is locked up. You are probably
> having messages syslogd but can't see them since you are in X.
Don't Zip drives have that abominable 25-pin ("Mac-style") SCSI
connector? If so, what about the possibility of marginal cables (or a
marginal connector)?
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.