SCSI tape drive with Adaptec adapter...

[Gregory Gulik]

Tom Taylor wrote:
> If you have a terminator on the end of the cable then the on-drive terminator 
> should be set to OFF or NOT ACTIVE.  Having two terminators causes an 
> improper load on the controller resulting in errors.  Don't think that is the 
> REAL problem here though.  

Yes, when I switched to the cable with the built in terminator I 
disabled the tape drive's on-board termination.

> It's been several years since I used a 2940 and don't remember the cards 
> configuration settings.  Have you tried the Adaptec and Seagate (they bought 
> Conner) web sites?

The Adaptec 2940s are fairly basic SCSI cards that have been around for 
ages.  I used to use this card and tape drive in a different box several 
years ago with Red Hat 7.2 and 7.3 and never had any problems with it. 
"It just worked" back then.


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