I will now move to SATA. Please get ready for many more questions...........
Status: 2 of the 5 drives I rcvd are DOA.
Just based on trying to get the pricks to spin up and say HI in the current
place of business (Buss 0).
SCSI cables are all OK.
SCSI terminators are all OK.
The whole RAID cage is OK.
-Good News- I did manage to get 3 drives recognized and accepted by my
current controller.
-Bad news- It seem that my 3200S WILL NOT BUILT a new array even when IT
knows IT has 3 good drives connected.
OR: I just do not know how to tell it to do the do. (ATM, I only have
DOS-speak to the RAID card!)
OR: Perhaps my psu is weak! But I have unplugged everything except the m/b
and the FD. No change..............
And: I admit to stupidity (well OK, I do not need to be here!) when it
comes to really OLD DOS business while trying to speak to my RAID
controller. I never did care for Adaptec's desire to drive their card's
with DOS level tools long past when others have moved on to other root
level tools. JMHO.
The Docs I have do not even come close to what I see on the screens that I see.
SCSI is now dead at my location. Painful. Maybe? But, for me, it is now
necessary.
I give in to the SATA god!
Greg, I think you nailed this one 2 days ago!
I now plan to gut the server.................... :)
Tuesday is trash-day here........... LOL!
It is now October, so I can not do fires anymore!
Perhaps before I go to sleep, the old "server" m/b will be burning trons in
another case!
It will have to wait until the AM to have any 'new' smarts,
however.............
I have given up on OS intall for the moment....... :)
Thank you,
Duncan
The old 'server' is now toast. I will recover whatever hdw I can.
The current plan is to test the server m/b in a new case. I still really do
like having a dual-P3 object operational.
