Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:50:01 -0700 From: George Vagner <kf7nn1@cybertrails.com> To: Bill Hamilton <bhamil@cmpu.net> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: scsi question Message-ID: <368D9769.4FC540D5@cybertrails.com> References: <368C5707.2E8E984@cmpu.net>
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I have the same pci card and a quantum 4.5 gig with sca to 68 pin than another adapter to 50 pin. works at 20M setting on card just fine.. i have auto termination as auto. Bill Hamilton wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE from a 2g scsi. > I received the 3.0-RELEASE cd in the mail this week and want to install > that. I also recently purchased a 9G scsi to add to the system. > I'm awash in options here, but maybe the easiest is to take out the > 2G, put the 9G in and do a virgin install. Then worry about getting > the 2G back in. My main concern is the lack of termination on the > drives. The drives are both Quantum with an SCA interface. Does anyone > have any experience with this type drive? The current 2G (Viking) works > fine. The controller is Adaptec 2940 U/AHA-2940UW . The boot used to > warn abount auto-termination until I diddled with something in the scsi > bios. My scsi cd uses a 50 pin cable on the other connection and is on > the other end of the chain. The new drive would have to go on the same > cable with the old drive and the one closest to the 2940 would need to > be set un-terminated. > Is this just sort of a no-brainer that I don't need to worry about? > Is the 2940 that damn smart? > Both drives, by the way, come with a 68-80 pin adaptor. > The big drive number is QM-39100AL-SCA. > Since it came from Frye's, it has no manual. > The following is part of a web page at Quantum which (I believe) refers > to my drive: > "The Atlas III SCA drive does not provide for physical > configuration of the SCSI ID. Quantum disk drives that utilize the > 80-pin SCA connector do not require any jumper configuration for SCSI > ID. Systems that use SCA connections, typically, auto-configure the SCA > device. This configuration is determined by the system at start-up or by > user definition during system setup. Contact your system manufacturer > for details on setting SCSI ID. " > > I know this is a hardware question. If you know of a better forum for > it, please tell me a place to go (besides Hell). > I do have other FreeBSD questions, which I'll put under separate posts. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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