[CS-FSLUG] About SCSI

David M. dave at edificationweb.com
Wed Aug 25 07:20:25 CDT 2004


On Tuesday 24 August 2004 11:42 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:
> I know almost nothing about SCSI.
>
> Someone gave me an old mini-tower from a corporate network. It has an
> AMD K6-2/333, a 1.8GB IDE hd, but lacks a CD-ROM. Now, I have a PCI SCSI
> card from Compaq in my parts box, with a wide connector; I have a wide
> cable, and an old 6x SCSI CD-ROM. Is there any reason I can't use that
> combination with a boot floppy to install Linux/Unix? The mobo is your
> standard mini-tower stuff -- looks like AT (PS/1 keyboard plug)

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

-- 
David M.




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