[rescue] Sun Ultra 2 SCSI issues

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. rescue at hawkmountain.net
Sat May 24 23:35:05 CDT 2003


termination is disabled on the drive, correct ?

No other devices are experiencing errors ?

-- Curt

>From: "Ryan Thoryk" <ryan at tliquest.net>
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun Ultra 2 SCSI issues
>Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 22:47:32 -0500
>X-OriginatingIP: 192.168.0.6 (ryan)
>
>I just connected the cable loop, then tested the cdrom with both 512k and 2048
>block sizes along with termination and no termination (4 combos).  Nothing
>solved it (I'm using a NetBSD for SPARC cd to test it with, which works fine
>on the ss5)
>
>> I was wondering about that too - could've sworn it looped, 
>> but then completely forgot about it.
>> 
>> > That is correct. Seemed fishy as heck when I first opened an 
>> > Ultra2, but that's the way it's supposed to be- the two ends 
>> > plug into the two sockets on the MB, and the middle one is 
>> > used by the CD-ROM or other device.
>> > 
>> > Steve
>> > 
>> > On 5/24/03 9:29 PM, "Harold K Berninghausen" <haroldkarl at juno.com> 
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> > > Ryan,
>> > > I may be all wet...(another subject)... but the two scsi connectors on
>my
>> > > five Ultra 2's were used
>> > > by the same cable---- with the cdrom in the middle... isn't that SOP for
>> > > U2's?
>> > > 
>> > > I imagine there should be some replies on this...
>> > > 
>> > > have you tried completing the "circuit" with the cable?
>> > > 
>> > > good luck,
>> > > haroldkarl
>> > > 
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Curtis Wilbar
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