Re: Linux/700C/3550 ad nauseum

"William R. Walsh" <newgroups1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:df22f.227226$084.86530@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi!

To answer a question not quoted here... the insertable thing is called a
CD-ROM caddy.

> > 4. The error message says something is not "sycing"....I know what
> > syncing means, but what is not syncing to what?

This *may* relate to "Synchronous Transfer", an optional SCSI ptotocol
enhancement.

> I wonder if you need to consider a newer CD-ROM drive...or perhaps a
> replacement one.

I'd say definitely, from my OS/2 Device Driver Kit usage I know for a fact
that early NEC CD-ROM drives don't *do* SCSI Standards fully. Avoid anything
before the NEC 4xx models. If you have an IBM/Toshiba or a Pioneer or an
IBM/ Panasonic/Matshita/Matsushita drive to hand try that. These all
implemented the SCSI standards from very early on.

> Swapping in a new drive would be the easiest way to see if the drive
itself
> works. Maybe you are just having bad luck with a drive that is not quite
up
> to making the TP700C/3550 SCSI subsystem happy.
>
<SNIP>
>
> Failing that I'd give everything the once over for termination, parity
> enabled and good cabling. Maybe there's something that has slipped by...

Echoed.
--
Regards,
Tim Clarke (a.k.a. WBST)

.

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