Re: old scsi hd on scsi II interface

[Thorsten Kranzkowski <th Marvin DL8BCU ampr org>]

On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 10:04:50PM +0100, m.groeneveld@speed.a2000.nl wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a noname alpha axppci33 board with 166MHz cpu and 
> onboard ncr 810 scsi interface. Also i have some old quantum els 
> 127 harddisks. With RedHat 6.0 (2.2.5 kernel) which works fine on 
> my ide drive i get scsi abort when i attach a scsi drive. Then it 
> hangs. Can i tweak something so it will run, or are there problems 
> with the scsi driver? Is the driver only for new harddisks? Should i 
> use an older kernel? Or is it a hardware problem?

Correct termination (page 25 in your AXPpci-handbook)? Bad cable? Cable 
connected the right way round (there are some cables without key on the plugs)?

I have the same board and used 2.2.7, 2.2.14pre6, 2.3.10 and now 2.3.30pre3.
Never had any scsi problems (7 devices connected). 

Bye,
Thorsten

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