[4745] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: SCA (-2 or -3) drives?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Lammerts)
Mon Sep 28 05:02:21 1998
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:40:23 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Eric Lammerts <eric@scintilla.utwente.nl>
To: Brendan Miller <brmiller@wco.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980927214536.A28179@tiktok.cygnus.com>
On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Michael Meissner wrote:
> Works for many of us. I have seen posted tales of woe if you plug a wide
> Quantum Viking into a narrow-only scsi controller. My viking is in a removable
I bought a Viking 4.5 SCA at Computer Geeks and it works flawlessly with
a convertor ($24) and an NCR860 (narrow ultra-scsi) at 20Mb/s. My
convertor doesn't have termination. I have a CD-Writer at the end of the
cable that provides termination. Never had any problems.
> Note, the previous generation 7200 RPM disks were fairly noisy, and are much
> more heat sensitive than the current generation. So, you do have to make sure
> the thing is cooled properly. My viking is definately noisier than then Hawk
> 2lp I have in the system.
I agree. You definitely need a blower on the Viking.
Eric
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