Oh the other hand, my WDE 18310 SCA LVD drive won't talk to my Adaptec controller, or (when I tested it at work with a dual-channel drive) it worked on the LVD connector but not on the ultrawide connector (using a SCA adapter. I have been told that in general LVD drives will not work on normal controllers unless designed for it (and would be specified)
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Isn't ultra2 usually LVD interface? If it is LVD you probably won't be > > able to use it on the narrow channel. > > Not true. > > My Seagate Barracuda ST39173LW is LVD and works fine on my 50 pin > 2940U adapter (using to 68-to-50 pin adapter). > > (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 18/0 > (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs > scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.11/3.2.4 > <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> > scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > scsi : 2 hosts. > Vendor: COMPAQPC Model: ST34371N Rev: 0472 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39173LW Rev: 6246 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > [cut] > > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ >
