From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 2 23:23:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA03883 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:23:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn051-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03871 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA22810; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 02:05:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Kryten.nina.com: frankd owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 02:05:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Parity errors during install In-Reply-To: <199608030603.XAA03769@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > Is your scsi bus properly terminated? Yes, at the Adaptec and the Micropolis HD - both have active termination built in according to the documentation. > What kind of condition is your SCSI cable in? Brand new. > Ribbon cables get worn out quickly when connected and disconnected > (about 10 to 15 cycles and they are really trashed as far as the > connector goes.) > > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House.