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SCSI Drive Req's

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Immorta, Feb 14, 2006.

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    Hey All


    Just wondering if anyone knows anything about SCSI drives, I am building a new PC and am wanting to stick a 73.4GB Maxtor SCSI drive in it. I have figured out I need a U320 PCI card to connect the drive to but am stick stuck when thinking about how it works.

    If I am installing windows or linux I am assuming it will automatically detect the card in the PCI slot and then I have to install the drivers for it...?

    Do I need to have a IDE drive in the PC as well or can I install without one?

    Thanks

    Immo
     
    Immorta, Feb 14, 2006 IP
  2. Immorta

    Immorta Peon

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    Anyone?

    If anyone knows of another forum or something that could help please msg me the address.
     
    Immorta, Feb 15, 2006 IP
  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    You should be able to install without an IDE drive. Just make sure your Linux distribution supports your SCSI hard (any brand name one should be suported by more any Linux version).
     
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    Depending on the SCSI card you use, most recent Linux distros will probably support it out of the box.
     
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  5. Immorta

    Immorta Peon

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    With windows dont oyu have to install the drivers before you install Windows?

    Im sure from memory the first thing it asks you is "press f3 to installed any 3rd party scsi or raid drivers"....

    Immo
     
    Immorta, Feb 15, 2006 IP
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    I owned scsi drives, i think, 10-12 years ago. Even then, there was not need to install ide drives too. All you need is decent controller. I remember that i own adaptec, and he had own bios. so, after booting of pc and reading bios, adaptec read own, and starting hdd.
     
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    So the controller in this case is the PCI u320 card...

    Thanks for all the info guys, lets see if I can get it working ...
     
    Immorta, Feb 16, 2006 IP