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Help with SCSI card
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rasana Atreya)
Tue Dec 22 16:14:42 1998
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:29:46 -0800
From: Rasana Atreya <rasana@flowerpot.corp.sgi.com>
Hi all,
I'm building a Pentium II 400 MHz, motherboard Abit BX6 (440BX chipset). I want
everything (including the boot disk) to be SCSI. It will have bootable RedHat
Linux and NT partitions.
Here are the three SCSI adapters I am considering (in the order of preference):
- Tekram DC-390F based on Symbios Logic 53C875 chip.
It has SCSI-2, Ultra-SCSI, Wide-SCSI, Ultra-Wide SCSI (1 50-Pin SCSI-2
Internal, 1 68-Pin Wide SCSI Internal, 1 68-Pin Wide SCSI External.
- BusLogic 946C PCI, fast single ended SCSI.
- BusLogic 948 Ultra Fast (narrow) Single-ended SCSI-2. Adaptec 1540 compatible.
Flash ROM and automatic "smart" termination.
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Here are my questions:
- If I buy say an Ultra CDROM drive, a SCSI-2 Zip drive, and an Ultra hard disk
is the Tekram a good choice?
Since the Tekram does not have an external 50-pin connector, would I be
able to use the ZIP drive with a 168-pin to 50-pin adapter?
- Is is acceptable to mix and match SCSI-2 and Ultra SCSI?
- Does the floppy drive have to be SCSI?
- Can internal devices be daisey-chained?
Thanks much,
Rasana
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