Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 01:07:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Rodney C. Forbes" <urcf@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: SCSI info needed. Message-ID: <199602210607.BAA01558@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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I am running FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE on a 386/25 with 8MB RAM. I currently have a 540MB IDE harddrive split between DOS/WINDOWS and FreeBSD. I have an Adaptec 152x SCSI-2 controller with an external SCSI-2 7 disk CDROM changer. This all works fine. I just ordered a 730MB harddrive and a Conner 1.35 GB 1/4" Anaconda tape backup, both SCSI-2. I would like to put FreeBSD on the SCSI harddrive and let DOS have IDE. Now that I think I've covered the pertinent system specs, I have a couple questions: 1. What kind of problems would I be facing regarding using this SCSI controller/driver to run an all SCSI FreeBSD system? If I will need to buy a bus-mastering SCSI controller, I can, but I would rather not right at this moment. Is there an update to this driver that would allow me to utilize it's DMA features? 2. I remember seeing messages in one of the mailing lists recently regarding a similiar tape backup unit, but could not find them in the FreeBSD archives. (Yes, I did look. There are a whole lot of questions with the word "tape" in them. More specific searches didn't come up with anything, so I made a last ditch effort that did not pay off.) What kind of trouble am I going to get into with this drive? Does it work with FreeBSD? I think someone was talking about using different cartridges other than the DC9135 that are supposed to be used in it. What other cartridges will work? I kind of ordered these blind in the attempt to make my system more usable, because I got a pretty good deal on both. I was beginning to feel a little cramped regarding drive space and Colorado Jumbo 250 floppy tape drives suck. If anyone could answer any or all of the above questions, I would appreciate it. TIA, Rodney
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