Are you using 50-pin (old) SCSI or one of the newer, wider drives. If the latter is true, you might want to try changing the cable. The higher density cables are really easy to damage with a slight crimp and will exhibit the exact symptoms you are speaking of. ---------------- Warren Melnick Director of Research and Development Astata Corporation -----Original Message----- From: Drew Hunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: Configuratin of a 486DX4 [was RE: Speed optimization for 486DX] I wasn't, so I pulled the HD to check... Yep, termination is set. Checked BIOS... Termination also set on the SCSI adapter. The two devices are connected with a SCSI ribbon cable that can support two SCSI devices on the adapter. Do I have to terminate the extra connector as well? I did a series of runs installing the aic7xxx module. These are the error messages I received: Run 1: (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-284X SCSI host adapter> found at VLB slot 1 (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 4/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 415 instructions downloaded ---freezes Run 2: (disconnected drive) (aic7xxx installs fine) Run 3: {same as Run 1 with additional line} (scsi0:0:0:0) Syncronous at 10 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. ---freezes Run 4: (same as Run 3) I did the first run off a cold boot. Then I disconnected the drive and tried again. Installing the module worked fine. 'lsmod' showed aic7xxx installed, but unused. Third run had the drive connected again. This time it came up with an extra line that identified the drive before dying. Weird. The last run was the same as the one before it. Any ideas as to what's wrong? Do I just need to upgrade to kernel 2.4 as some have suggested? Thanks, Drew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jack Bowling Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Configuratin of a 486DX4 [was RE: Speed optimization for 486DX] On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Drew Hunt wrote: <snip> > After this I thought I'd see just how lucky I was. I issued "insmod > aic7xxx". I have the syslog additionally routed to the console, so I could > see the process unfold. First, a Narrow bandwidth negotion notice. Then a > low something-or-other error 2/225 SCP?? (bear with me, this is from > memory). Last, another negotiating error. Then the system hung. Any ideas > on a fix? I know the SCSI adapter and drive are set up fine because I can > low-level format and verify that drive in the BIOS. <snip> Drew - Are you absolutely, positively sure that the SCSI chain is terminated properly? Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
