Message-ID: <000701c0c3b1$cc4b79a0$c964fea9@btinternet.com> From: "Craig Barnes" <craig.barnes@btinternet.com> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 01:36:36 +0100 Subject: Re: LVD-SCSI
Yes true, but the Sun doesn't use HVD drives, only SE Narrow drives in the
SS20,
so LVD drives will work without any problems, also most LVD drives will auto
switch
to SE mode without jumpers.
I have just come across a Sun Javastation E, a rare beast that never made it
into production.
Is anyone interested in it as a Linux box, it's essentially a Sparc 4 with a
PCI bus and
room for an IDE drive and CDROM.
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl>
To: "'Walker, John'" <jwalker@williamsindustries.com>; "'Thomas P.'"
<m.adto.m@gmx.de>; "'William Perry Dulyea'" <wdulyea@qualcomm.com>; "'Craig
Barnes'" <craig.barnes@btinternet.com>
Cc: "Suse Sparc Users List" <suse-sparc@suse.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: LVD-SCSI
> First of all, thanks for all the replies,
>
> Looks like the $100 is not wasted.
> Before ordering i noted that physical dimensions and SCA-connector
> are identical to the 2G drive i have currently,
> And according to the specs with a jumper the selection can be made
> between differential or single ended mode.
>
> What i failed to see in time, was that LVD-drives uses different
> electric levels for logical "0" or logical "1",
> And according to Seagate, that LVD-drives and HVD-drives should not
> be mixed!
>
> Well at least Thomas got the drive working, so i have good hopes.
>
> I 'll report the results, when the drive arrives....
>
> Hans.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas P. [SMTP:m.adto.m@gmx.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:41 PM
> To: Witvliet, Hans; Suse Sparc Users List
> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
> Hello out there,
>
> exactly this disk is running here in my SS20 with no probs. Sure
> because of the sun design the disk doesnt run at the max. possible speed
> (about 6-7mb/s) but it is running fine....
>
> Dont forget: put a better fan in, the drive needs cooling.
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walker, John [SMTP:jwalker@williamsindustries.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:49 PM
> To: Witvliet, Hans
> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
> You really need to determine what the SCSI interface card is. It
> seems
> reasonable if your current SCSI drive is differential then a new
> differential drive should work. Finding this out will probably
> entail
> removing the cover and taking a peak. Look for the existing drive
> and SCSI
> card and write down the model numbers.
>
> John Walker
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Perry Dulyea [SMTP:wdulyea@qualcomm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:37 PM
> To: Witvliet, Hans
> Cc: Suse Sparc Users List
> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
> The best advice I can give you is to find the technical info on the
current
> drive you are using in your SS20. This will tell you if you are using the
> LVD or HVD.
>
> -William
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Barnes [SMTP:craig.barnes@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:09 PM
> To: Witvliet, Hans; Suse Sparc Users List
> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
>
> The SS20 takes Narrow SCSI SCA drives, but UW and probably LVD will
> work as
> the yare backwards compatible, I have used two 4GB UW scsi disks in
> my SS20
> with no problems. Heat may be an issue on larger disks, and remember
> the
> SS20 only takes low profile drives 1" high.
>
> Craig
>
>
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>
> Kind regards, SDHans Witvliet Alcatel Telecom NL, TTAC
> Tel: ++31.70.3079.182 Fax: ++31.70.3079.494
> email:hans.witvliet@alcatel.nl
> Unix/Linux Systems support
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