At 01:28 AM -0800 02/07/2003, Terry Graham wrote: >Just read this on a site: >The last connector at the opposite >end of the cable must always be connected to >the terminated SCSI device.
Correct. +/- the point Pete made: that you can add a terminator to the end of the cable. Lots easier to just arrange to have a terminatable drive at the end of the cable tho. >If there are two hard drives specified in a unit's >configuration, the higher capacity drive should >be set to ID 0, the other drive should be set to >ID 1. Baloney. Capacity has nothing to do with it. The only reason to put a specific drive at id 0 is because the MacOS looks there first for a bootable partition, if you haven't specified an id in the PRAM (with the Startup Disk cdev). IOW, this reduces the boot time by a few seconds. > Since the CD-ROM is terminated, neither >hard drive should be terminated. Whoa! Very bad blind advice. Take an actual look at the cabling in your system. IFF (if and only if) the CD-ROM Drive is on the END of the cable, then it should be terminated. Note also that the SCSI ID numbers are *independent* of termination. The id settings create logical addresses for the devices. Termination is a hardware requirement. - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
