Adding a SCSI controller and SCSI Tape drive

[Mogens Kjaer]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 10 November 2006 03:34, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>> I'm running out of ideas so I'm turning back to the list for help, what
>> I have tried:
>>
>> 3 different SCSI cards (Adaptec 2940, 2940UA, and 29320A)
>> 3 different tape drives (2 DLT drives 20/40, 15/30, and an exabyte 8mm
>> 7/15)
>>
> I have stayed out of this thread as I don't know a great deal about scsi 
> cards.  What I do know, though, is that Adaptec are known for producing 
> non-conforming scsi adapters.  I found this out a long time ago, when trying 
> to get scsi devices running under windows.  If you have access to any other 
> scsi card try replacing the Adaptec one.  HTH

I've used many different adaptec adapters with many
different DLT's on all sorts of versions of Fedora and Redhat.

It has always Just Worked.

- unless there has been a cable or termination problem.

Mogens

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