From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Dec 30 15:30:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14988 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:30:41 -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 PAA14979 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:30:39 -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 AAA12859; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:30:18 +0100 Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA05530 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:36:15 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.6.12) id WAA05452; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:55:33 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199812302155.WAA05452@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD boot from a 18 GB SCSI harddisk ? In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "Dec 30, 98 03:10:55 pm" To: chuckr@mat.net (Chuck Robey) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:55:32 +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 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