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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!news.uni-mainz.de!wilbur!grefen From: grefen@wilbur.uni-mainz.de (Stefan Grefen) Subject: Re: Input/Output Errors (with Julian's SCSI drivers) Message-ID: <LWL8VAU@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de> Sender: usenet@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: wilbur Organization: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz References: <49224@shamash.cdc.com> <1992Nov4.021808.6027@tfs.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 09:20:40 GMT Lines: 25 In article <1992Nov4.021808.6027@tfs.com>, julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) writes: |> In article <49224@shamash.cdc.com> pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) writes: |> >I'm having mysterious problems with my hard drives. About once every day or [...] |> >My machine is a 386-40, 1542B, with CDC wren IV (330MB) internal and an |> >IMPRIMIS 1.0GB external. I also have an Archive VP 150e tape drive. |> >BTW, I'm using Julian's SCSI driver (3rd alpha release). |> >-- |> |> This is a new one.. |> the unit attention error message indicates that the scsi device has |> either been reset or has had a powerdown. |> It is possible that you have: |> 1/ a flakey power supply or cable |> 2/ a suspect controller |> 3/ a suspect scsi cable. (check for frayed copper on the ends) only 3/ beacuse the 1GB is external !! Have you dismounted the resistors on the Adaptec ??? Not doing so will lead to 3 terminators on the wire instead of 2. MfG Stefan -- Stefan Grefen --- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz --- Germany Email: grefen@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de --- Phone: 06131/392415