From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Dec 30 14:30:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA08709 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:30:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silver.gn.iaf.nl (silver.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08704 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:30:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by silver.gn.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA02440; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:30:19 +0100 Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA03319 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:49:49 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.6.12) id TAA02628; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:04:07 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199812301804.TAA02628@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.8: parts recommendation for fast 1 scsi channel sys In-Reply-To: <199812301720.KAA02574@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> from Steve Passe at "Dec 30, 98 10:20:42 am" To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:04:07 +0100 (CET) Cc: ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As Steve Passe wrote... > Hi, > > > > Would it be possible, to mix an U2W harddisk with narrow scsi devices like > > > DDS3 tape and CD-ROM ??? > > > > Yes, but keep in mind that you have to adhere to Ultra2 cable rules which means something > > like 0.75 meters max. You can probably get away with 1m but that is about it. > > This is incorrect if using u2 LVD devices, ASUS claims 15 devices on a 12m > cable, 25m for 2 devices point-to-point. Go with the P2B-LS, put your > LVD drives on the u2bus, wide drives on the wide bus, and narrow > drives on the narrow bus. Keeps life simple... Sorry, I forgot to qualify the 0.75m as 'stock Ultra2'. LVD definitely makes a difference, you are right. I'm not familiar with the P2B-LS. Does it have 2 SCSI buses/interfaces? Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message