Re: [OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: Hi, what does the LVD thing mean when talking about SCSI? Is it something analagous to 66/Mbs IDE? If so, is it's use supported under Linux? It depends entirely upon the controller and the hard drive and has nothing to do with the operating

Re: [OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-03 Thread wyrd
Your hard drives MUST be LVD drives, your controller has to be an LVD controller and I think you may also need special cables. That's not entirely true. I had an LVD drive in use for quite awhile on a non-LVD controller. Some drives have jumpers that allow them to be used in an existing

Re: [OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, wyrd wrote: Your hard drives MUST be LVD drives, your controller has to be an LVD controller and I think you may also need special cables. That's not entirely true. I had an LVD drive in use for quite awhile on a non-LVD controller. Some drives have jumpers that

Re: [OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-03 Thread M. Neidorff
At 12:33 PM 09/03/2000 -0700, you wrote: Your hard drives MUST be LVD drives, your controller has to be an LVD controller and I think you may also need special cables. That's not entirely true. I had an LVD drive in use for quite awhile on a non-LVD controller. Some drives have jumpers

[OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-02 Thread Ahbaid Gaffoor
Hi, what does the LVD thing mean when talking about SCSI? Is it something analagous to 66/Mbs IDE? If so, is it's use supported under Linux? thanks, Ahbaid. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] SCSI LVD Cables

2000-09-02 Thread wyrd
what does the LVD thing mean when talking about SCSI? It's yet another TLA. It means Low Voltage Differential. More details can be found here: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/library/whitepap/lvd/lvd.htm Is it something analagous to 66/Mbs IDE? yes and no. :) If so, is it's