Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: SCSI problem with 2.2.3 | Date | Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:42:29 +0100 (BST) |
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> > Try making the Zip's SCSI ID greater than the hd's ID. The devices are > > deteced by Linux in order of SCSI ID. > > That becomes a problem when you've got other 8bit devices (besides the > ZIP drive) and the HDD you want to put linux on is wide, with an ID > 7.
Blame the PC makers for that. ANSI is quite specific that the proper scan order is 15->0. IBM got this right with the PS/2 but the rest of the world found counting downwards too intellectually challenging.
Alan
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