Subject: Re: Tape Drives?
To: None <revinger@marshallonline.com>
From: maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/01/1998 23:39:42
>From: bob evinger <revinger@marshallonline.com>
>Oh, I am not sure why the exabyte always comes up as 7. the address switch
>on back appears to be connected. One of the guys I use to work with where
>this system came from seem to think it had some smarts in it and 
>tries to negotiate for an available address. Dont know, but the code is
>changed to give me 5 and 7 instead of 5 and 6. Now if I can just get
>the kernel made.

In my experience, a switchable drive that always comes up with one ID
no matter how the switches are set is usually wired incorrectly.  Make
sure the cable between the switches and the drive is connected,
connected firmly, and oriented correctly.

Cheers,
entropy

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