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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Lockup Problem - Solved (Strange solution)
Date: 13 Oct 1996 16:18:19 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <53fetm$klp@itchy.serv.net>,
zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) writes:
> The moral of this story, boys and girls, is: Your drive's termination might
> not be correct.
HA ! I spent about 4 hours yesterday trying to install an old 1542B into
a machine using a "known to work" external scsi drive. It turned out that
the (brand new) external cable was crap ! It never occurred to me that
I didn't actually know that it was ok. The moral of *this* story.....
assume everything is broken until proven otherwise !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....