From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 12:41:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13273 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:41:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rerun.lucentctc.com (rerun.lucentctc.com [199.93.237.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13268 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:41:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mcambria@lucent.com) Received: by Rerun.Lucentctc.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:27:38 -0500 Message-ID: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF562EAC@Rerun.Lucentctc.com> From: "Cambria, Mike" To: "'K. Marsh'" , Kent Stewart Cc: "q's" Subject: RE: External SCSI device with internal SCSI adapter? Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:27:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, For what it is worth, I've been using both internal & external SCSI devices since FreeBSD 2.0. Now my equipment is rather old (Adaptec ISA 1540 controller if I remember correctly) but I run OS/2, Linux and FreeBSD on an old 386/33 with an external 2X CDROM (it cost over $400 back then) and an internal SCSI disk. I remember being able to run without the external SCSI cable even plugged in (nor a terminator.) If I needed the device, I needed to reboot (I forget if I just did a rest or a power cycle.) I was able to loan out the CDROM drive for others to install OS2 from yet still run. I don't remember if I ever did this with FreeBSD however. Originally, I had a FD-1680 SCSI controller. When I threw out Linux for FreeBSD, I traded it for the Adaptec. I don't remember if I needed to loan the CDROM drive at that point. I hope this helps, MikeC Michael C. Cambria Lucent Technologies Member of Technical Staff Bell Labs Innovations Voice: (978) 287 - 2807 300 Baker Avenue Fax: (978) 287 - 2810 Concord, Massachusetts 01742 Internet: mcambria@lucent.com -----Original Message----- From: K. Marsh [SMTP:durang@u.washington.edu] Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 3:29 PM To: Kent Stewart Cc: q's Subject: Re: External SCSI device with internal SCSI adapter? On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Kent Stewart wrote: > Adaptec has cables to hook up their AHA-2940U2W to legacy 50 pin > internal/external devices. It has a socket connector one end and a plate to > go in a slot on the other end. I think I have seen these other places but it > would be easy to manufacturer. Yeah, I bought one of these. Only thing is, then I can't connect any of my internal devices - CD and hard disk. I need to use BOTH internal AND external devices with my adapter. Possible? Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message