From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <366FFC59.32C325A7@airways.com> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:52:41 -0700 From: "D. Lance Robinson" Reply-To: lancer@airways.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Diamond Fireport 40 (Sym875) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >... > I borrowed a FirePort 40 from a friend for testing. > ... > The Viking was the last drive on the chain. I tried playing with the > termination jumper (read: what I thought was the termination jumper, left my > specs somewhere else :-(, but to no avail. I connected a borrowed CD-Writer > (PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C Rev 1.04) with correct termination to the end of the > chain to make sure it was no termination problem, but that didn't help. > > Then I removed the Viking from the chain, and everything worked fine. Could it > be that the cable was too long to use FAST-20 transfers with the Viking? It was > about 75 cm long. > Geert, You still probably have a termination problem. You say that the CD-R works fine. This is a narrow device and only terminates the narrow signals. The best thing is to use a wide active terminator at the end of the cable. <>< Lance. [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]