Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:27:37 -0500 From: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@lucent.com> To: "'K. Marsh'" <durang@u.washington.edu>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: External SCSI device with internal SCSI adapter? Message-ID: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF562EAC@Rerun.Lucentctc.com>
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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 <mailto: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
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