Re: Confusing AIC 7xxx driver messages

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:34:54 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Doug Ledford wrote:

> Russell Lambert wrote:
> >
> > That originally happened to me and the way I fixed it is that I turned Auto-Termination
> > off. I was already terminated it on the scsi cd-rom, so the card didn't need to do it
> > again.
>
> Ummm, dude, read the documentation that comes with your SCSI controller.
> The SCSI busses need to be terminated at the two ends. Just because the
> CD-ROM is terminated doesn't mean you are done.

Dont assume..

/---*-----*----*----\
CD C HDD Tape HDD
o
ntroler

If all are UW then no termination needed on the controler.

Thouse he is still missing one termination: With scsi you need 3.. One at
each end, and ont terminated goat over the cable.

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