Subject: Re: scsi question with sparcstation.
To: Paul (NCC/CS). <pts@bom.gov.au>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/20/2006 15:42:24
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 04:06:18PM +1000, Paul (NCC/CS). wrote:
>
> ok so if it's a more modern standard it won't work yeah?
>
It may or may not work. Not seeing the drives is not a good start.
Do they spin up and make noises? What model drives are they?
>
> maybe it's just a termination issue?
>
It could very well be - a lot of drives have internal termination and,
by default, have it enabled (the TE link on Seagate drives). Weird
Things (tm) can happen if you terminate a scsi bus in the middle
unexpectedly.
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Brett Lymn