[openbeos] Re: need help, file copying problems!

Kevin Field wrote on Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:36:32 -0400 EDT:
> I'm a SCSI newbie, but I have it plugged in the same way it was with 
> the server it was in, using only the endmost connector.  The other 
> connectors don't have termination caps or anything on them...should 
> they?

No, only the end of the SCSI chain has the terminator.  It's there to stop 
"ringing" where the signal pulse bounces off the end of the cable and 
interferes with newer signal pulses.  There's also usually a built-in 
terminator at the controller card (maybe there's a BIOS setting or jumper to 
turn it on and off).

> Wow...I had forgotten about that!  Yes, I'm up to 384 MB now (from 288, 
> though...).  I followed the tip to
> 
> Change 2048 to 16384.

As far as I know 16384 is the maximum (works for me with a 768MB system).  That 
settings file needs to be on the drive where you booted the kernel from, 
otherwise it is ignored (such as when you boot from CD-ROM, which can make 
installation tricky).  To test if this is still the cause of the lockups, 
reduce your RAM to 128MB.

- Alex

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