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- Path: sparky!uunet!consult!bob
- From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
- Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
- Subject: Re: Configuring an Adaptec 1542B ...
- Message-ID: <85@consult.UUCP>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 12:38:40 GMT
- References: <9212301744.AA00859@jrsalb1.UUCP>
- Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
- Organization: CCS Enterprises, Inc.
- Lines: 31
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- In article <9212301744.AA00859@jrsalb1.UUCP> jrsalb1!tgn@brspyr1.brs.com (Tim Northrup) writes:
- >It has an Adaptec 1542b controller with 2 Maxtor SCSI drives, and a SCSI
- >Syquest 44 (all internal, ID's 0, 1 and 2, terminators on the Syquest drive
- >& adapter only). Everything works okay at the moment.
- >Currently, the 1542b is configured for the default of 5 mb/s transfer speed.
- >Has anyone had any problems using the higher settings? A friend (who set
-
- I was the one who prompted some of this recent discussion due to our
- inhouse upgrade. After doing a fair amount of research and a lot of help
- from the net, here is my findings.
-
- You must have the 1542B set to 5mb/s transfer speed. That is what the
- driver is set for. Do not try to run it faster.
- You might want to get xnx316 which is a patch for the Adaptec drivers
- under SCO Xenix. It adds some enhancements (like allowing tape reten
- to work) and supposedly some performance issues.
- There is a program written by Roy Neese @ Adaptec (not supported by
- Adaptec) called SCSICNTL.EXE which allows you to access the drive
- and set up the drive. Things like onboard cache in the drives are
- sometimes turned off by default. I have been trying to get hold of
- this utility and am awaiting a reply for assistance. Once I get hold
- of it, I will also put it up on our BBS system here at the office.
- If anyone knows where I can get this utility (BBS somewhere??),
- it would be most appreciated. The adaptex system does not answer,
- and it is NOT on their BBS.
-
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