Message 15/15
Date: 28-Mar-00 @ 01:06 AM -
RE: SCSI Bus problem
Well, it all works now ,had a bit of fun with it, hence the delay for that final post
To get everything to work, you will need:
Patience, perseverence and a pair of very long nose pliers to reach those &$*!% jumpers that are so out of reach.
a huge pot of coffe is also advisable.
Here is my present SCSI Bus:
Esi2k...IomegaZip...AdaptecAHA154x ...Pioneer DR-U12X
Now, this set up works , but you have to remember that each can be different, so only a couple hints are going to be helpfull and true for every set up.
Tip number 1:
Make sure EMU media is present in each drive. Put one of the CD they packed with the sampler IN your CD rom (wether it's internal or external, or you won't be able to mount the drive)
Tip 2:
Figure out all combination of ScSI ID for each device in order not to repeat yourself when trying different ID set up. write it down
Tip 3
Power up order: This is quite obvious, but still: ESI has to be powered first if you want it to be recognised by the pc, just as any other SCSI device.
apart from that it all lies in assigning ID and have your Bus properly terminated. The ESI is already terminated. my other end is the CD-rom, also terminated. Everything in between musn't be. In Master/Global/Disk utilities/SCSI set up, "Avoid host on ID" should be set to whatever Id your Host card bears (more likely your host card will be set on 7, but you can change it in the bios if that setting doesn't work)
About the host card, make sure you have the manual, or it's going to be nightmare to configure as they made sure it was as alembicous as this sentence
Pay particular attention to the switch block settings, that's were the action is.
writting down the stuff might seem like a drag, but it really helps.
good luck !
Frostbye