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Re: termination
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerard Roudier)
Thu Nov 7 08:48:13 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23:28:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: Russell Berry <rberry@albany.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <327ECCF5.16C2AB32@albany.net>
On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Russell Berry wrote:
> I hate to sound like an idiot here, because I'm not..
No matter. Idiot who is ashamed to ask questions. So you are not.
> no, really, I'm not! I work with this crap every day, my mind
> just seems to be drawing a blank right now. I have:
> NCR53C810-----1G_fast_scsi-II terminated scsi-id0
> |------1G_fast_scsi-II not-terminated id1
> |------.5G_fast_scsi-II terminated id2
>
Both end of the scsi bus must have terminations enabled. Other devices
must not be terminated.
> all three disks internal, nothing external (yet) they work,
> and seem fast, I'm just unsure at this particular moment if
> I should have two of them terminated or not...
If, as it is generally the case, the controller is at one end of the scsi
bus, your configuration in not conformant. Only controller id7 and 5GB id
2 should be terminated.
> conformation anyone...
>
>
> ---russ
>
Gerard.
