If the host adapter does not 'know' parity, the drive will most likely not
appear to exist at all to it. I would think small-word-scsi. A lot of old
scsi host adapters and disk controllers don't know how to handle the
parity bit and just fart.
In <4.1.20000317131930.04151ab0_at_mailhost.hq.freegate.com>, on 03/17/00
at 07:57 PM, Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com> said:
>Hello ClassicCmp and Port-vax,
>I am trying to track down the compatibility of the VS3100/MS SCSI bus
>with "modern" SCSI drives. The case in point is that I'm trying to
>connect a SeaGate Barracuda (ST32550N) drive (2.54GB SCSI) to the
>internal bus, replacing a 426MB Seagate drive. When the drive is
>installed the system gets indigestion. I'm currently attempting to
>disable parity on the drive in case that is an issue.
>Has anyone done something similar? Is there some caveat I've missed?
>Obviously the DEC manual isn't much help :-)
>--Chuck
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