AIC7902 SCSI aborted command

Don Bowman don at sandvine.com
Mon Aug 4 13:32:00 PDT 2003


> From: Scott Long [mailto:scottl at freebsd.org]
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:10:15PM -0400, Don Bowman wrote:
> > 
> >>From: Justin T. Gibbs [mailto:gibbs at scsiguy.com]
> >>>need larger spacing).  If your cable is shorter than this, 
> you might
> >>>consider trying something longer.
> >>
> >>Me & my trusty ruler re-measured the cable, and straightened out,
> >>it is 10.4" tip to tail, which matches the spec. I was foolishly
> >>thinking of the folded length.
> > 
> > 
> > It isn't too folded I hope? In the sense that you sometimes
> > find flatcables stashed in miniscule cutouts in cases etc. Not
> > too good for signal integrity either.
> > 
> 
> Except in cases where you need to slip through a tight slot and only a
> flat cable will do, the new-fangled round u320 cables are superior to
> their flat counterparts.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but for a single device on a chain, they
are equivalent. The round cable is really just the flat cable untwisted,
and its got the same amount of flat length @ each end.

I can believe the round ones are better for several drives on a
chain.

--don


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