Thanks, Mikkel:
Your reply was very helpful. I have a couple of "quick" questions below:
On Mon, 29 May 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, Gary Nielson wrote:
>
> > I have ordered a VA Linux 420 system with a 10x/4x/32x max CD-RW SCSI
> > Drive and Narrow SCSI Kit. Right now I am running an old Dell Dimsension
> > XPS Pro 200n with an external HP SureStore Tape 2000 with an AHA-2940
> > single PCI SCSI Intl.
> >
> > Having never had to deal with more than one SCSI device before, I am
> > looking for advice on how to configure my system. How do I install the
> > external HP SureStore? Do I install the PCI SCSI Intl card and will it
> > conflict with the Narrow SCSI Kit? Presumably the CD-RW drive is
> > terminated, so what will I have to do to get both devices working
> > together? Do I just simply slap in the PCI SCSI card and set the ID on
> > the back of the SureStore to something other than 3 (where it is set
> > now) and not 0 or 7? I suspect it is more complicated than that. (The VA
> > Linux 420 has 5 PCI slots).
> >
> Gary,
> As long as the SCSI card on the new system has an external
> connector, the easy way to handle it is to connect the tape drive to the
> same SCSI card as the CD-RW drive. As long as the tape drive and the
Since I am awaiting arrival of the machine, I do not know, but is it
common for the SCSI card on the new system to have an external connector?
Does that mean all I would have to do is plug the tape drive cable into
the external connector already on the box? If there isn't an external
connector, does that mean my only option is 2 cards (which I have anyway)?
> CD-RW drive don't have the same ID, and do not have ID 7, about the only
> thing you may have to do is turn off termination on the SCSI card. About
> the only time you might have problems is when backing up to tape, and
> burning a CD at the same time. But you may have problems with that even
> with the tape drive and CD-RW on seperate cards.
> If you need to run two cards, you shouldn't run into any problems.
> If they were both ISA cards, it would be a different story, but the PCI
> cards should get along. About the only conflict would be if they both
> have a SCSI BIOS on them, and it gets mapped into the same address space.
> But the card for the tape drive probably doesn't have a BIOS on it anyway.
It's a AHA-2940 single PCI SCSI Intl card. Adaptec I believe. How can I
find out for sure if it has a BIOS on it? Can I remap to a different
address or is it easier just to get another card without a BIOS?
> One thing you didn't say - does the new system have SCSI hard
> drives? If so, and if they are on the same card, then make sure the tape
> drive isn't on the same address as the hard drives.
IDE hard drives.
SCSI isn't that hard
> to set up, as long as you remember to use good cables, and remember to
> only terminate the ends of the chain. A SCSI card with an internel and
> externel drive is not on the end, but in the middel of the chain.
>
OK, I am confused about this. Are you saying that either the internal
or the external device needs to be terminated (take your pick?) because
the card itself is in the middle? That's assuming there's only one card
being used of course. What if there are two cards? Does this mean that
each card is a separate universe and there would need to be termination
for both the CD-RW and the tape drive on the different cards? Presumably
the CD-RW will be shipping from the factory terminated anyway right?
Thanks for all the help.
Gary
> Mikkel
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