Subject: Re: scsi question with sparcstation.
To: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
From: Paul (NCC/CS). <pts@bom.gov.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/20/2006 16:06:18
Andy Ball wrote:
> Hello Paul,
>
> PTS> Is there a limit on the type of scsi drive you can
> > put into an SS5?
>
> I have been told that the SPARCstation 5 SCSI bus is fast
> (10 MHz), narrow (8-bit) and electrically single-ended. Any
> drives that you add would need to be able to adapt to that
> kind of bus.
ok so if it's a more modern standard it won't work yeah?
>
>
> PTS> One disk worked fine.
> > The others not at all. I was surprised. In the case
> > of these probe-scsi showed nothing detected.
>
> I would probably have to pull my SPARCstation 5 apart (or at
> least look at some diagrams) to understand where you
> connected your drives. My first thought was that termination
> built into the SCA backplane might be the issue, but perhaps
> you have disconnected that.
yeah the SCA plug has nothing on it.
>
>
> Out of interest have you tried each drive individually,
yes.
but with the external cdrom on though.
>
> perhaps connected via the external SCSI port? What makes and
> models of drive are you using?
good question.
sorry they are at home.
have to answer later.
maybe it's just a termination issue?
thks,
P.
>
> - Andy Ball
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