Re: TAPE problems with 3.0e of Linux NCR538XX SCSI drivers

shalon@interlock.dfw.ibm.com
17 Jul 1998 10:51:15 -0500


"Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com> writes:

> From: Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:19:02 -0400
>
> Its an article of faith among many people that sooner or later, you will need
> to sacrifice a goat over your SCSI-chain at some point to get it to work :-)
>
> I generally find that a goat isn't really necessary, but bloodying one's
> fingers while installing the system and SCSI chain does seem to correlate with
> more reliable operation.
>
> Leonard

Look, here's the requirements for a stable SCSI configuration.

1) *BLACK* goat.
2) *BLACK* candles.
3) Leatherman or similar.

Note #3. A standard knife won't work, unless it is the kind that
inspires fear in all that see it. Say, a sword.

Shalon Wood

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