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Re: Errors/problems/questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel M. Eischen)
Sun Oct 19 21:16:51 1997
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 20:14:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
To: dave@nic.com, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
> Hey guys. I was copying about 600M in several xterms at once, to prepare of
> cutting a CDR. All of the sudden everything just stopped, and then 10
> seconds later started. I wondered if you could tell me if any of these
> indicate a problem with the drive, bug in the aic7xxx software, or
> otherwise. This is 2.0.31, and I've included some information about the
> disks and controller at the end. The following snippets are from my
> messages:
A command timed out. This is most likely due to termination, cabling,
or your drive. I've mentioned this before, and it should probably be
in a FAQ (perhaps I'll put it in README.aic7xxx), but you really have
to be careful with termination. Especially with Ultra speeds enabled,
you need at least active termination. Do not attempt to terminate
your bus with a tape drive, CD-ROM, etc, as they most likely do not
use active termination.
Also, if you have problems and are using auto-termination, don't. Use
manual termination in SCSI Select Utilities.
Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
