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In <942098839.22198.1.pluto.c3ade4a9@news.demon.nl> "Peter de Jong" <peter@huize-dejong.demon.nl> writes:

>> Make sure it's set to SCSI ID 3, and make sure that you have parity
>> disabled.

>Well I put it on ID 1 as the second drive.

Ok, I thought you were trying to use it as a boot device.

>But why do I need to disable parity?

It's just something I've found necessary. As long as all the devices have
parity either enabled or disabled it should be ok, but I'm not actually sure
of the reasons for having it all one way or the other. It's probably
device-driver related.

>>Also, disable the on-driver terminator since there is no need to
>> enable it for such a short cable (the internal one is only a few inches,
>so
>> it hardly needs termination that close to the host controller).

>Ok I know that the termination is external on the second drive but do I set
>all the terminator power switches to OFF?

Only the *last* device on the SCSI chain should have termination enabled.
Most current narrow and wide SCSI drives have on-board active terminators
which are enabled by a jumper. But I usually use external terminators with
devices that are hanging off cables, so I always leave the terminator
enabling jumper off.

Regards,

Craig.


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