From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 15:12:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02630 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02624 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:12:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA20305; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:42:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id JAA73771; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:42:16 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:42:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "K. Marsh" Cc: Kent Stewart , "q's" Subject: Re: External SCSI device with internal SCSI adapter? Message-ID: <19990202094216.Q71384@freebie.lemis.com> References: <36B5F84B.CD075C1A@3-cities.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from K. Marsh on Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 12:28:45PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 12:28:45 -0800, K. Marsh wrote: > 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? That depends on your host adaptor, about which you've been very quiet. All host adaptors that I know allow this configuration, but you may have to juggle terminators on older devices or change BIOS settings on newer ones. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message