On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:30:02AM -0400, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
> Thomas Mueller wrote:
> 
> >  >>Is the NEC 2x drive SCSI, IDE/ATAPI or other, proprietary like the original
> >>>Mitsumi?  Maybe you could check what the Mac OS Control Panel says?
> >
> >>It's SCSI, not IDE. It is probably proprietary, since it won't run
> >>with Apple's driver.
> >
> >Maybe NetBSD doesn't support this SCSI, or is it the CD-ROM?  I think you said
> >it worked under Mac OS?
> 
> It works under Mac OS, but only using its own Control Panel. When 
> NetBSD probes it, it correctly identifies it as a cdrom drive, then 
> gets a series of "Parity error, unexpected disconnect" messages.

Hum, then you may have a SCSI problem. Check cables and terminations
It's possible that MacOS uses it in async mode, which is less prone to
cable/termination problems.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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