Adaptec 3940AUW, LVD drives and Linux

[Shafik Yaghmour]

	Okay, I have a Tyan Thunder 100 GX board which has the Adaptec
3940AUW built in I am attempting to use 2 IBM 9ES LVD drives and I
am having problems. I was not aware they where LVD when I obtained them.
After talking to a few people I have been informed that they can not self
terminate so I know part of my problems is termination.	I was also told
that the Adaptec 3940AUW may not fully support LVD drives but I have been
able to verify and format them as well as install DOS on them, so the
adapter can work with them but I am afraid that Linux may be a bit more
sensitive then DOS and once I fix the termination problem I may have more
problems. I need to make a decision on returing these drives soon so I was
hoping someone on this list could help me out.

	More specifically once I get to the section of the install where
is asks if I have a scsi adapter and I pick the Adaptec 2940 driver the
system dies completely, the only option I have is to recycle power.

PS This is Red Hat 6.0 installation

Thank You

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