"paradox3" <paradox3@maine.rr.com> writes:
> Here is the output from dmesg. How do I tell if it is improperly
> terminated?
you never gave the model of the hard drive (or if you did, i didn't
see it), but you did say a 10k rpm ibm. i am going to assume it is
u2w/lvd capable. no lvd hard drive has termination built in. you
must use a seperate termination device at the end of the ribbon. or
you can use a terminating cable. since your controller is a
single-ended device, get a single-ended, wide, active terminator and
plug it into the end of the ribbon. put the hard drive in the middle
somewhere.
see <URL:http://www.scsifaq.org/> for more information.
> Thanks, Para-dox (paradox3@maine.rr.com)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Brown" <flight666@hotmail.com>
> To: <paradox3@maine.rr.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Poor SCSI drive performance on SMP machine, 2.2.16
>
>
> > Your problem appears to be improper SCSI termination.
> >
> > You need to either
> > 1) make sure your SCSI drive has termination enabled
> > or
> > 2) move your SCSI drive to the middle connector and put a terminator on
> > the last connector
> >
> > Check your syslog and post to l-k the part where it detects your drives.
> > I'll bet the adapter is throttling back quite dramatically in the presence
> > of improper termination.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Brown
> >
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