Cdrom drive access question

[Dean Fujioka]

Woah, other thread is getting heated.  I'd like to thank everyone for the
help. It was a termination problem-- I had both drives terminated in the
chain (duh). That's the last time I get a cheapo OEM refurbished drive with
no manual... and my first step toward Small Computer System Interface
enlightenment.
Aloha,
dean

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Fujioka" <dean at poshawaii.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:30 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: Cdrom drive access question


>
NO...WAIT...STOP....POST...FAIL....HARDWARE....NOT.....POWER...NO...AAAUUUUU
> GGGHHHHH!!!!
> I guess I'll have to try all of this once I get my rustbucket P200
> transformed into a duron this weekend.PPHHHHTTTHHHHBBBBTTT!
>
> dean
>
> Thanks for the idea though, always glad to read FAQ's.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "yuser" <yuser at hi.net>
> Newsgroups: luau
> To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:47 PM
> Subject: [luau] Re: Cdrom drive access question
>
>
> > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:49:57 -1000, "Dean Fujioka" <dean at poshawaii.com>
> > said:
> >
> > >
> > >Mingsinator and MonMotha,
> > >I guess this means checking on the drive itself (it's internal) for a
> jumper
> > >that enables termination. Does this mean that I also disable the SCSI
> card
> > >termination (via the CTRL-A)? It should (I hope) be set already, but I
> won't
> > >get a chance to check into the hardware until I get home tonite after
> work
> > >and class.
> > >thanks
> > >
> > >dean
> > >
> > Have you read any of the SCSI faq's? There is a very good SCSI
> > resource at http://scsifaq.org:9080/scsi_faq/
> > It includes many FAQ's and quick start quides and a link to the
> > official comp.periphs.scsi FAQ, which is EXTREMELY large but it is
> > broken down in sections for general reading if you are interested.
> >
> > I had random lockups similar to yours before, one was from a NEC cd
> > changer that could not read CDR's very well and another with an
> > Adaptec 2940UW that newer firmware solved.  Adaptec's site does not
> > have any firmware updates listed for your 2940AU so thats not an
> > option.