Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:55:32 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: chuckr@mat.net (Chuck Robey) Cc: ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD boot from a 18 GB SCSI harddisk ? Message-ID: <199812302155.WAA05452@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301509160.335-100000@picnic.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Dec 30, 98 03:10:55 pm"
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As Chuck Robey wrote... > On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag.de wrote: > > > > > Hi ! > > > > If I*%d plan to get a PII 450 MHz system with > > an ASUS P2B-S ( or LS) board which contains an > > AIC 7890 chip on board, could I install FreeBSD on > > it and would the system run without trouble (could I access > > all 18 GB) ??? > > > > BTW, I just heard this board has 2 SCSI connectors (one 50 and one 68). > > Does this system have one or two SCSI channels ? > > Is it then possible, to install an Ultra 2 Wide SCSI Harddisk like the Seagate > > Cheetah or Barracuda on the wide connector and normal Narrow SCSI > > Devices like CD-Rom and Tape on the other connector ??? > > You might want to search old scsi or hardware lists here, Andreas. I > remember somebody in the last 2 months having some bad comments about > reliability of those 18 GB disks. Simultaneously, I saw a good number > of those disks start to show up discounted. Take care. The Cheetah II (I think it is called) runs quite a bit cooler than the first Cheetahs. People seem to like the IBM 18Gbs. 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
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