From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 02:39:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A7716A41F for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:39:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mailing-lists@msdi.ca) Received: from mail02.msdihosting.net (9.67-18-64.networks.msdihosting.net [64.18.67.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D0D643D7C for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:38:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mailing-lists@msdi.ca) Received: from ian.msdi.ca ([24.201.183.241]) by mail02.msdihosting.net ((iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003))) with SMTP id CLI20599 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:39:36 -0500 Message-Id: <7.0.0.16.2.20060116213404.07323078@Msdi.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.0.16 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:38:48 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ian Lord In-Reply-To: <5063f1f750386be6ff253bc614ac096f@prodigy.net> References: <5063f1f750386be6ff253bc614ac096f@prodigy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-DEBUG: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: 80 pin SCSI hard drives. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:39:13 -0000 There are called sca or single connect if I'm not wrong... Most high end servers (sun, hps, ibm, compaq, etc used those) They are basically 68 pins drive (can be U80, U160 or U320) so you just need a regular se scsi adapter for them. The only difference is that the power is coming though the connector, scsi ids are also set by the backplane instead of jumpers at the back of the drive... If you don't plan to put them on a server that has those backplane, you can buy a converter from 68 pins to 80 like this one for example: http://cgi.ebay.com/INTERNAL-SCSI-3-SCA80-pin-to-SCSI-2-IDC50M_W0QQitemZ5853652732QQcategoryZ41993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/SCA-adapter-80-pin-to-SCSI-I-II-III-68-or-50-Converter_W0QQitemZ8750421043QQcategoryZ11160QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/414-SCSI-Adapter-SCA-80-to-68-to-50-PIN-GIFT_W0QQitemZ8751171361QQcategoryZ167QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem There is a bunch on ebay, just seach for "sca 80" it may be hard to fit in your case, just make sure it fits :) At 21:21 2006-01-16, je killen wrote: >I've obtained two SCSI hard drives made by Maxtor that have 80 pin >connectors and no power connector port. >This isn't necessarily relevant to FreeBSD accept that i'm planning >on using them in a FreeBSD installation. >I'm only aware of 50 pin SCSI and 68 pin SCSI. I've tried to contact >Maxtor to get advice on a PCI adapter >and cables to use with these units but haven't gotten a reply. >Can any one give me some info on how to set these drives up hardware wise? > Or if they can be used, maybe I made a mistake getting them, but > they are 18GB 15 k drives and were $75 apiece >from Tiger Direct. two of them will give me 36 GB to use for a web >server /usr and /var partitions. And i"ll use SATA >drives for RAID back up. > >Thank you in advance. >JK >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"