CD Writer writes without errors only when boot drive is IDE, why?

[Michel Munnix]

John Park wrote:

> SCSI setup: Two SCSI disks, one on the 50 pin internal interface, other on the 68 pin
> internal interface. 50 pin cable is actively terminated; 68 pin drive is the only (and
> last) drive on the 68 pin cable. CD writer is on the 50 pin cable. To write CDs, I use
> cdrecord (part of xcdroast). Enable disconnect is on for all devices.
>
> more /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0 :
>
>  Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: Warning - detected auto-termination on controller:
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> at PCI 9/0
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: If not, then please properly set the device termination
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: during machine bootup.
> Jun 28 19:37:08 hal9000 kernel: aic7xxx: Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68

Try doing what linux suggests: go into scsi bios and enable manual termination
for high byte only. Auto-detection does'nt work very well.
Hope it helps

Michel



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