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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsout1.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.aa.net!usenet From: "brian wehrle" <brianw@aa.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: seagate 2.1/1542 hang Date: 1 Feb 1997 09:16:54 GMT Organization: Alternate Access Incorporated Lines: 21 Message-ID: <01bc0fbc$fc749ba0$bddc9dcc@bw.aa.net> References: <32F20F7D.541B@worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lennon-c25.aa.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34816 Check and see if the red light on the controller card is on after the error. This would mean that the scsi bus is hung somewhere. Double check your termination, make sure that term is ON (bios util or with resistor packs) on the card and that the drive has term set ON as well (this may be a jumper). Termination is voodoo stuff. Brian pete lega <pete.lega@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article <32F20F7D.541B@worldnet.att.net>... > When installing 2.1.5 onto a > seagate 2.1 Gb drive (1542 controller) > Im getting a "controller hang" message > during "copying /stand to hard drive" > > any voodoo I need to know? I suspect > the drive itself may be dead. > > -pete >