Re: 2.0.17 SCSI crash
Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Fri, 06 Sep 1996 21:01:43 -0400
Jeff Haumont wrote:
>
>
> My SCSI ZIP drive is connected to a VLB Adaptec 2842 controller. I assume
> this is mostly the ZIP drives fault. It appears to do thing in a bit of
> a 'different' way. For example, it boots up like this:
>
> AHA-2840 AT VLB SLOT 4:
> irq 11
> bus release time 40 bclks
> data fifo threshold 100%
> SCSI CHANNEL A:
> scsi id 7
> scsi selection timeout 256 ms
> scsi bus reset at power-on enabled
> scsi bus parity enabled
> scsi bus termination (low byte) enabled
> aic7xxx: Resetting the SCSI bus...done.
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 3.4/3.2/3.1
> scsi : 1 host.
> scsi0: Target 0, channel A, now synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset 15.
> Vendor: IBM Model: DPES-31080 !t Rev: S31K
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> scsi0: Target 4, channel A, now synchronous at 5.0MHz, offset 15.
> Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:400 Rev: 1.0
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> scsi0: Target 5, channel A, refusing synchronous negotiation; using
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Have you tried disabling synchronous negotiation in the Adaptec setup
utility? Also, you might try disallowing disconnection on the ZIP drive
as well..
> asynchronous transfers.
> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: N*32
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
Steve