Re: Tape Drive Settings
- From: Warren Block <wblock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:59:23 -0000
Jason Bourne <j_bourne_treadstone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As far as the jumpers go, historically the SCSI IDs 0 and 1 were reserved
for booting, but it doesn't really matter as long as it's not set to 7,
which is the controller ID. The default is ID 6.
Not reserved, but some host adapters may care about booting from
addresses 0 or 1. It's probably not an issue with a tape drive any
more, since few people are going to make a bootable tape anyway.
The problem you are most likely to experience is this unit does not provide
termination to the SCSI bus so it can *not* be used as the only device or
at the end of the bus. If you are trying to use it as the only device on a
bus, use a cable which has more than one connector. Plug the cable to the
controller on one end and plug the drive up to one of the middle
connectors, *not* the one on the other end. Find a terminator that fits and
plug the terminator to the connector on the end of the SCSI cable.
There are also the issues of whether the host adapter is terminated or
provides terminator power. Both ends of the bus need to be terminated.
Going back to the original question, it would be better to set the
switches for what is desired than use a rote "set it this way" setting.
Lacking that, I'd start with either of the manufacturer recommendations
for Linux or Unix and check the differences.
--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
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