Re: how to slave scsi drives?
Jerry,
Sorry, but this sounds wrong. SCSI ID can go from 0 to 7 (or 0 to 15,
depending on the bus). The decision of which one to boot from, or what file
to load, is up to the BIOS or PROM or IPL or whatever.
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerzy Miszczyk <jersey@isys.co.za>
To: 'Erik Peter P. Abella' <beyonder@centinet.com>; 'debian-isp'
<debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:18 PM
Subject: RE: how to slave scsi drives?
> Hello Eric,
>
> You do not "slave" the SCSI drives. Your controller looks for SCSI ID "0"
> or "1" and boots from either of them. You can togle between those two ID's
> if you have two drives.
>
> Best regards
> "Jersey"
>
> ----------
> From: Erik Peter P. Abella[SMTP:beyonder@centinet.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:17 PM
> To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Subject: how to slave scsi drives?
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to migrate my current system on ST34520LW (Seagate) on to a
> Barracuda that I don't know how to slave. I don't have this problem with
> IDE
> hardisks because toggling the drive status from slave to master is done
> simply by transferring a single jumper. On my Barracuda, I see some pins
in
> the front that would accomodate a fairly small jumper and a large jumper
at
> the back (J6?) that covers 8 pins. I tried toggling it to change the
> SCSI-ID
> but the AHA-2940UW BIOS only detects one drive (and the HDA itself) and
> still can't detect the Barracuda.
>
> Some input will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Erik Peter P. Abella
>
>
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