Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tiamat!jim From: jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Miniscribe 2180S SCSI drive and SCO Xenix 2.3GT Summary: I figured out why the motor wasn't spinning Message-ID: <638@tiamat.fsc.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 13:53:09 GMT References: <635@tiamat.fsc.com> Distribution: na Organization: Filtration Sciences - Chattanooga,TN Lines: 25 In article <635@tiamat.fsc.com>, jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) writes: - Is anyone out there using a Miniscribe 2180S SCSI drive with either 2.2.4 - or 2.3GT Xenix? I have one that I'm trying to install this weekend, but a - manual did not come with it (I can probably get one next week, but I'd like - to get this drive installed this weekend). I need to know any relevant - jumper settings to get the drive to work with the AHA-1540 SCSI adapter. - - One thing that has me worried, though, is that the drive doesn't seem to - spin up when the power is turned on, and there is a little green LED on the - controller board which flashes constantly. I made have a bad drive. After some help from Veronica at Miniscribe, we figured out that Jumper 2 must be removed to disable the "wait for start command to spin up" option. This got the drive spinning at power up, and enabled 2.3.2GT to work with it a little bit. However, it did not work correctly. I'm inclined to believe the drive was bad, but I'm still hoping to get a definitive answer from someone who should know whether this drive (when operating properly) will co-exist with 2.3.2GT and the Adaptec host adapter. ------------- James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com Filtration Sciences Corporation 615/821-4022 x. 651 *** Altos users unite! mail to "info-altos-request@tiamat.fsc.com" ***