[SunRescue] So I'm trying to get this Axil 220/245 "up", and I can't...

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Sunday, April 15, 2001 at 19:57:41 (-0400), Ken Hansen wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] So I'm trying to get this Axil 220/245 "up", and I  can't...
>
> Well, I saw both this and your follow-up post, and I can see that the
> RAM might be an issue, but I can't get to a Solaris CD image to
> "re-label" the HD in-place.

You've not yet posted the output of "probe-scsi".....

> Side-note: the 220/245 system has a floppy in place, I can swap it out
> and place a 1/3rd height HD, as the SCSI cable and power connectors
> are already in-place. Neat idea.

Sounds like the internal SCSI is on a bus, not stub connectors.  This
would mean that you have to follow proper SCSI termination rules
(i.e. the ends of the bus must be terminated).  The internal cable may
already have a terminator pack on its end, as many types do.

This may also mean that if you've not got any devices on the external
bus connector then you might have to put a terminator on the back end of
the machine.  It shouldn't hurt to put one there anyway because if
there's internal auto-termination it should sense the external one and
disable itself.

Finally of course you should check the SCSI fuse for continuity if you
haven't already (or re-check it! :-).  This fuse limits the current
available for termination power and if it's blown then there is no
termation power.  You can check it without even knowing where it is or
what it looks like by plugging an active terminator pack into the
connector on the back of the system -- if the light on the back of the
terminator doesn't come on when the system has power then the fuse is
likely blown.

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