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Re: Is it possible to have 2 SCSI controllers ?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drew Eckhardt)
Fri Jul 21 07:38:29 1995

To: Chris Hewitt <hew1chr1@fort.midkent.ac.uk>
cc: Mail List Server <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Jul 1995 08:59:12 BST."
             <Pine.SOL.3.91.950720085803.6364B-100000@samson> 
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 22:57:27 -0600
From: Drew Eckhardt <drew@poohsticks.org>

In message <Pine.SOL.3.91.950720085803.6364B-100000@samson>, hew1chr1@fort.midk
ent.ac.uk writes:
>I need to setup a machine to support 10 quad speed CD-ROM drives. Hence 
>is it possible to have 2 SCSI CD-ROM contollers (preferably Adaptec) 

Sure.  I have a pair of NCR '810 boards in my development box.

>supporting 5 Drives each. Has anyone done this ?

Sure.

>Is it possible ?

As long as you use a SCSI driver (ie, adaptec 1540/Buslogic) which supports
multiple host adapters, you'll be fine.


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