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parallel-to-scsi support

Post by Liz Yerk » Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04:00:00



I was able to install a basic freeBSD system on my laptop, but I do not
know what to do to get it to recognize my parallel-to-scsi, so that I
can use my cd-rom. Is this possible? or is it not supported? Thanks for
any help.
 
 
 
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parallel-to-scsi support

Post by Christopher Knigh » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00



> I was able to install a basic freeBSD system on my laptop, but I do not
> know what to do to get it to recognize my parallel-to-scsi, so that I
> can use my cd-rom. Is this possible? or is it not supported? Thanks for
> any help.

You will never get a useful response until after you provide the
manufacturer and model of your parallel to scsi adaptor.  Untill then, there
is not enough information to answer your question.

-ck

 
 
 
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parallel-to-scsi support

Post by Liz Yerk » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00


Sorry. The parallel to scsi adaptor is an NEC CDINT399 adaptor and the CDRom is
the NEC Multispin 3xp.
thanks.
Liz


> > I was able to install a basic freeBSD system on my laptop, but I do not
> > know what to do to get it to recognize my parallel-to-scsi, so that I
> > can use my cd-rom. Is this possible? or is it not supported? Thanks for
> > any help.

> You will never get a useful response until after you provide the
> manufacturer and model of your parallel to scsi adaptor.  Untill then, there
> is not enough information to answer your question.

> -ck

 
 
 
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parallel-to-scsi support

Post by Christopher Knigh » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00



> Sorry. The parallel to scsi adaptor is an NEC CDINT399 adaptor and the CDRom is
> the NEC Multispin 3xp.
> thanks.
> Liz

I seem to remember that that NEC parallel-to-scsi adaptor was an OEM of
someone else's hardware.  I have one around here, but I can't find it to
take it apart.  I think it was a Trantor, but I can't be certain.  Trantor
doesn't seem to be listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file; at least not for their
Parallel-to-scsi chipset.

Since their hardware is nearly out of use, I think it unlikely that someone
would start development work on a driver, if it doesn't already exist.  

Sorry.

-ck

 
 
 
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1. Trantor T348 Parallel to SCSI Host Adapter Driver Support For Linux?

There is an experimental driver for the T348, check out

        http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html

But ...

-  The T348 itself does not support EPP, so it is slow and really
   only useful for CDroms.  You would not be satisfied with the
   performance if you tried to use it for your root filesystem.

-  No standard distribution contains support for running a system from
   a parallel port disk.  There is a ZIP drive installation mini-HOWTO
   that might give you some clues as to how to make it work, but not
   before you have the system and drive up and running by some other
   means.

-  You will never be able to boot from a T348 or any other parallel port
   device.  Booting relies on the PC's BIOS, which doesn't know anything
   about how to boot from a parallel port (and there are more than a
   dozen different parallel port protocols).

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