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Jaz drive woes...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Thu Nov 14 20:56:57 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:53:56 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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Matt Nelson writes:
> i know this isn't exactly the optimal place to ask this question, but it's
> my best connection the the linux world...
>
> i have a PPro/200 with a BusLogic BT-958 SCSI host adapter and a Seagate
> Baracuda drive, on which happily lives RH 4.0 w/updates. i attempted to
> hang an Iomega Jaz drive off the external SCSI port via a 68-pin to 50-pin
> cable, and this caused the system to hang during boot. it only gets
> partway into the ROM-level initialization of the BT-958; it prints the
> BIOS banner, then hangs before it gives its AutoSCSI instructions/prompt.
>
> SCSI ID's: 'cuda: 0
> BT-958: 7
> Jaz: 4,6,1 (all give same result)
>
Can I make a suggestion here, I have been trying to get across to
everyone that uses a Buslogic controller and has any problems with
it, probeing for devices try the new driver at:
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/
This was written by our favorite programmer:
"Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
I had a similiar problem with a large wide Quantum harddrive and
this fixed the problem. If this doesn't help don't hesitate
to contact techsup@buslogic.com they are really helpful people
and prompt. That appears to be one company that really wants
to support the Linux community.
> i have tried all three termination settings on the Jaz, and both ports.
> i don't have an external terminator, so i haven't tried that. the Jaz
> works well on our DEC Alpha (DU v3.2).
>
> the tech guy at BusLogic thought it was a termination problem.
> Iomega now charges $20 per question, so i didn't ask them. (btw, am i the
> only one who thinks that iomega is a bunch of boobs? their pre-canned
> support documents dont even use the terms 'host adapter' and 'driver'
> consistently...)
>
> please, help this tired soul...
>
> -matt nelson
>
>
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