Re: scsi error.

From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 11:15:23 EST


> You apparently have a Data Parity Error on your SCSI bus. Probably your
> external SCSI drive has a cable or terminator problem. You can confirm this
> by disconnecting the external SCSI cable to see if the other drives come up
> ok.
> You may be missing some termination, either via an external terminator or by
> turning on the drive's TERMPWR jumper on the external drive (depending on
> the type of disk cabinet you have). Or, the external SCSI cable may be
> faulty (usually bent pins).

Also, it could be that you are using a cable designed for a Mac - those cables often don't have all of the GND lines individually connected, and can cause seemingly random problems.

John
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