Lucky Leavell wrote:
OS: SuSE 9.0 SCSI HBA: ADaptec 39160 SCSI HD: Single 36GB attached to Channel A with SCSI ID 0 Tape Drive: Tandberg SLR4 with SCSI ID 2 (not yet installed)
This system was installed with the sole SCSI HD attached to the 39160 Channel A internal 68-pin connector but now I want to move the tape drive from another system to this one. Sccording to the 39160 Installation Guide, which has the following caution:
Do not connect SCSI devices to more than two of the three SCSI Channel A connectors at the same time
which would seem to imply I could simply connect a 50-pin cable to the 50-pin internal Channel A connector for the tape drive without violating the caution. Is this correct?
Will adding the tape drive to an installed system mess anything up? If so, how should I go about this?
Thank you, Lucky Leavell
I have had a SCSI DAT drive connected to the 50-pin connector on a 2940-AUW and a hard drive connected to the 68-pin connector and they both worked, so my guess it is OK. On the Adaptec site, you can find an email address for support and they will answer the question with certainty as they did for me when I had problems with a 2944, the internal drive didn't work, but I could get the external RAID box to work, they set me straight that the 2944 only supported HVD and that it may have damaged either the drive (non-HVD) or the 2944, sure enough, the drive got damaged. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.