>>>>> "A" == Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A> For Christmas I got my hands on a Yamaha CRW6416S (SCSI-2 CD-RW) and
A> Toshiba XM-6401TA (SCSI-2 CD-ROM) drives. They're running off an Advansys
A> UltraWide SCSI controller (940UW).
A> When I boot Linux, my machine hangs after detecting the CD-RW drive. As far
A> as I can tell, termination is ok... The SCSI chain is
A> ID 0 - CD-ROM (terminated, end of cable)
A> ID 3 - CD-RW (not teminated)
A> ID 4 - SCSI controller (set to active termination)
A> ID 5 - HP ScanJet (terminated)
Remove the termination from the device(s) not physically at the end(s)
of the SCSI chain. There must be exactly 2 terminators on a SCSI bus,
at the ends. And they should be active terminators. It is normally
better to use external active termination, instead of relying on the
drive's internal termination. Also, make sure that your SCSI cables
are as short as possible. Normally this means that the ScanJet
should be at the end of the bus. It is unusual to have the
controller not be one extreme of the numbers, ie: either 0 or 7.
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