Ecrix Tape Backup Problems

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Dear Members of the List,

I am installing an external LVD Ecrix tape backup drive on a Linux 
server. I cannot get the system to boot with the tape drive attached 
and the terminator LED does not light up. I have been talking to 
Ecrix technical support for the past two weeks. I purchased the 
drive, terminator, and cable as a bundle. Technical support has 
sent me a replacement cable and terminator but I still get the same 
symptoms. The SCSI Bios loads and the SCSI devices are 
recognized but the Linux box will not boot with the Ecrix backup 
drive attached.

1) The SCSI controller is an Adaptec SCSI Card 29160: the Ecrix 
is attached to the external 68-pin Ultra160 SCSI LVD. Besides the 
Ecrix drive, I am using only the card and the 5-position 68-pin LVD  
internal cable with the terminator in this server.

2) The card is set to default settings. SCSI card is set to SCSI ID 7 
and set to terminate automatically.

3) There are two Seagate Cheetah 18XL SCSI drives (SCSI 0 and 
SCSI 1). As these drives are LVD capable, they are attached via
 the 5 position 68-pin Ultra160 LVD cable with external terminator to
the internal LVD connector on the 29160 controller.

Thank you in advance for your help and suggestions.


Elliott Oshiro
Cathedral School