Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:14253 comp.periphs.scsi:2136 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!battan From: battan@sequent.com (Jim Battan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: Using a Maxtor 8380S on a NeXT? Message-ID: <1991Mar15.162556.6613@sequent.com> Date: 15 Mar 91 16:25:56 GMT References: <1991Mar11.193452.13760@sequent.com> Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc Lines: 26 In article <1991Mar11.193452.13760@sequent.com> I wrote: >I'm trying to get a Maxtor XT8380S Series 2 (~330MB 5.25" SCSI disk) working >on a NeXT Cube running NeXTStep 2.0 off the OD. Thanks very much to the following for replying: Michael D. Callaghan cc100np@prism.gatech.edu (Nick Pope) Nick helped me find the SCSI address jumpers (JP 3{5,6,7}) on the Maxtor, and after setting them to address 0 (1 is the preferred address, I think) and making sure the three inline terminators were installed on the drive, the disk was found during boot time. Michael mentioned that he had problems getting this configuration working until he tried a cable from an Atari ST. I just used the cable that came with the 40MB accelerator drive (anyone wanna buy 3 40MB drives?). I booted off the 2.0 OD, ran BuildDisk, and encountered no problems. Kudos to NeXT for BuildDisk; it makes installing new drives a much less painful process than on any other UNIX platform I've used. -- Jim Battan - Sequent Computer Systems battan@sequent.com or uunet!sequent!battan +1 503 578 5129