Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:35:27 -0500 (CDT) From: lambert@lambertfam.org (Scott Lambert) To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Illegal cable configuration?? (SCSI, new install of FreeBSD) Message-ID: <20010726003527.6F65628B38@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <15191.40942.174740.826610@guru.mired.org> References: <84311862@toto.iv> <15191.40942.174740.826610@guru.mired.org>
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In muc.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: > Danny Yoo <danny@vkpc.com> types: >> ahc0: Illegal cable configuration!! Only two connectors on the adapter may >> be used at a time! >> >> I'm not sure what the system means by: "Only two connectors on the adapter >> may be used at a time!" The external connector isn't used and the external >> termination jumper is set (I've tried it in both positions); only the >> internal connector cable is used which connects first to the HD then to the >> CD-ROM. I've tried reversing the order, I've tried disconnecting the CD-ROM >> from the system to no avail. > > It's not unusual for a SCSI controller to have three connectors: one > external, one internal for 50 pin, and one internal for 68 pin. Having > all three in use at once violates the SCSI calbe spec. That's what > you're being warned about. > I had four Gigabyte motherboards with AIC-7890s built in which gave me this error with only one cable connected. Others boards with the same model number had no such errors. All have worked perfectly for 2+ years. Sometimes the message is bogus. But if Danny Yoo's machine is locking up, he probably has a real problem. -- Scott Lambert Unix SysAdmin -- Looking for work. lambert@lambertfam.org http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html Two and a half years Sr. SysAdmin experience with FreeBSD in a small, 15,000 dial-up accounts, 19,000+ e-mail accounts, ISP. The last 5 months have included exposure to Solaris 7, True64 5, and Linux. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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