** Reply to message from "Zeljko Vukman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 11 Jan 2001
10:47:08 +0100
> Hi Mandrakes,
> I'm in a little trouble and I hope Mandrake experts could help here.
> I admit, I never before used SCSI devices, and yesterday when I bought
> a new computer I got a scsi harddrive quantum fireball 20 Gb. I have no
> idea how to get it work with my Linux Mandrake 7.1. I tried all scsi
> options
> during install but no luck. Mandrake doesn't recognize it at all.
> I presume that problem is in controler, and windows says that SCSI
> controller is: Win 95-98 Promise Ultra100(tm) IDE Controler (PDC20265).
> Is there any way to get it work?
>
> Best regards,
SCSI is a different beast compared to IDE and it's children. First, you mention
that Windows sees the controller. Does Windows see the drive? If not, does the
SCSI BIOS load (should load right after your machine's BIOS and identifies the
card followed by devices on the SCSI "chain".)?
If the SCSI BIOS doesn't see the drive, the problem is either that the drive is
not terminated or you are using the same SCSI ID as the controller. Try changing
the SCSI ID on the drive in this case.
As for termination, Windows seems to deal better with auto-termination than
Linux does. All SCSI chains must be terminated at both ends of the chain. Most
controllers handle one end of the chain. You need to provide termination after
the last SCSI device on the chain. Most devices today allow you to set
termination on the device itself. If this doesn't work, you may need to pick up
a terminator and connect it to the SCSI cable.
John LeMay Jr.
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC, LLC.
