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Re: Lockups with aha1542cf
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Harrekilde-Petersen)
Mon Mar 20 08:11:57 1995
From: Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp@pip.dknet.dk>
To: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:58:55 +0100 (MET)
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux SCSI mailing list)
In-Reply-To: <2f6c37e9.mombo@mombo.kf8nh.wariat.org> from "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" at Mar 19, 95 08:55:53 am
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> Quoth Kai Harrekilde-Petersen:
> +----
> | I also experienced problems when trying to backup directly from a NEC 3xp
> | CD-ROM drive which I borrowed from work, some time ago (actually, I had
> | lockups when I installed from the CD-ROM to the disk too). At that time, I
> | attributed it to the CD-ROM, but now, i'm not so sure.
> +----
> One thing I noticed in particular: I set up my system originally the
> way the Altos systems I used to work with were set up: hard drives on
> 0 and 1, tape drive on 6. When I added the 3Xp, I put it on 5... and
> it screwed up the tape drive royally. I discovered that the CDROM
> would only behave if it was on ID 6; if something else was on ID 6,
> the CDROM would interfere with it. This no longer appears to happen
> with the upgraded CDROM. If your DAT is on ID 6, this may well be the
> problem.
The CD-ROM was on ID6, the DAT on ID1 and the disc on ID0 (otherwise the
stupid adapter wont recognise it as MSDOG bootable).
> Jonathan I. Kamens at MIT had similar problems with an NEC 3Xi, so it
> appears to be a general problem with the NEC 3x series. Anyone with
> one of these drives might want to contact NEC for an upgrade.
I think we're in for an upgrade :-)
Kai
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