Re: scsi disk question: u2w vs. uw

[ferret@phonewave.net]

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:

> 
> ferret@phonewave.net 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]
> 
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