On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:50:00PM -0500, John Aldrich wrote: [...] > One other thing... I've got an Advansys ABP940U SCSI card and I've > double-checked my termination and my CDRW is on the latest firmware (2 years > old...)
Last time I had problems like that (with a Yamaha CRW 8824, as it happens, and a Adaptec 2940UW, later 2940U2W), I seemed to be some kind of "dislike" between the SCSI DVD and the rest - I moved the DVD to the end of the chain (where I had a Plextor Ultraplex 40 before) and everything started working again. The time before that (same setup, without the DVD), I got the problems 'cause aparently the SCSI cable was bad (at least the problems went away after changing the cable - even though I've used the same cable for hard drives for ages...). I still have the feeling that I'm having more of these problems since I've upgraded from RHL 6.2 to 7.3, though the seem to have gotten less since the latest kernel updates... Basically, you're not alone - and while over the years I found SCSI to be a lot more reliable and easier to set up than IDE, it still *can* be voodoo sometimes. Maybe you ran into such a case. I'd definitely try swapping drives around (i.e. move a different one to the end of the chain). I'd also try a different cable in any case. Another thing would be to check whether your SCSI adapter has options to reduce the interface speed for the writer and play with that. Sorry that I don't have any specific suggestions, but sometimes throwing ideas around can help, too... :-} Cheerio, Thomas -- ==> RH List Archive: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&r=1&w=2 <== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
