From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Dec 30 18:14:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA04503 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:14:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04495 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:14:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from searle@longacre.demon.co.uk) Received: from [158.152.156.24] (helo=longacre.demon.co.uk) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zvXcV-0005QA-00; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:13:57 +0000 Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 01:41:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Searle Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD boot from a 18 GB SCSI harddisk ? To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Organization: Who, me? X-Mailer: ANT RISCOS Marcel [ver 1.46] Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed 30 Dec, 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) ??? I don't know about using large drives, but I'm using an Asus P2B-S and it works fine (using CAM.) > > > > 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. > > > > > So to say, can I mix 20 MHZ with 80 MHz SCSI devices ??? > > > There is 1 U2W SCSI channel, with the narrow SCSI channel attached to the U2W channel via the 3860 controller rather than being used directly. Not quite 2 channels, but it does let you use slow devices that hog the SCSI bus without having much effect on the speed of fast devices. -- csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message