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
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