From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu May 29 18:29:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA21374 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 29 May 1997 18:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA21364 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 18:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27776; Thu, 29 May 1997 19:29:43 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705300129.TAA27776@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0beta 12/23/96 To: Paul Saab cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 May 1997 20:04:51 CDT." <199705300104.UAA00297@elvis.mu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 20:26:54 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Is it true that you can only use 2 of the connectors on the Adaptec >2940UW? I have 1 wide drive on the wide bus, 1 narrow drive on >the narrow bus and 1 external tape backup. Can I use all three of >these drive on all three connectors or do I have to put the tape >on a different system? > >Paul Saab Yes it is true, but if you buy a narrow->wide adaptor for your narrow drive, you can have your cake and eat it too. I know that Adaptec sells converters that it considers up to spec. Check their web page. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================