From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 23 06:18:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA23263 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:18:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from singularity.enigami.com (singularity.enigami.com [208.140.182.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA23252 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:18:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ckempf@singularity.enigami.com) Received: (from ckempf@localhost) by singularity.enigami.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA02829; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:18:33 -0400 (EDT) To: Rick Knebel , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scsi References: <199809222127.RAA04615@csrlink.net> X-Copyright: Copyright (C) 1998 Cory Kempf. All Rights Reserved X-PGP-Fingerprint: 191E 2FB7 E27D 76C3 8E79 4D26 2B3B B20F 2A9C 1E1A X-PGP-Keyloc: ; finger ckempf@enigami.com From: Cory Kempf Date: 23 Sep 1998 09:18:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: Rick Knebel's message of "Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:22:54 -0400" Message-ID: Lines: 29 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rick Knebel writes: >I am new to scsi and have just installed a mylex BT 958 on my computer. >I initially hooked up a seagate medalist pro to the 68 pin internal port >and everyting worked fine, My drive was recognized. >I then purchased a toshiba 32x scsi cdrom and installed it to the 50 pin >internal port. >When I have both connected only the cdrom is recognized and if I >dissconnect the cdrom the hard drive is recon\gnized. >I cannot get the hard drive recognized if the cdron is hooked up. First, check SCSI IDs. They should be different numbers (e.g. 1 and 2). Second, check the cabling and termination. There should be a terminator at the beginning of the chain (usually provided by the SCSI card) and one at the end of the chain. Some disks can provide termination, others require external terminators. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message