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From: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: Nico Schottelius <nicos@pcsystems.de>
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Subject: Re: scsi disk defect or kernel driver defect ?
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On 06.07 Nico Schottelius wrote:
> >
> > Based upon the lspci output you posted earlier, aic7880 has a single
> > SCSI bus.
> 
> Oh. That could really be a problem.. I though having two different
> connectors on the board would make two different buses..
> I must have been wrong.
> 
> > So you must mean two internal connectors. Both of your devices
> > (HD and Tape) do show up on the same bus during scan. Since you have
> > connected devices to both connectors on the card, you must terminate
> > both devices.
> 
> Okay, so far I understood.
> 

And, AFAIK, the controller stands in the bus between the disk and the tape,
so you should terminate both AND disable the controller internal terminator
or leave it in AUTO mode.

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