Category Archives: SCSI

SCSI – Adding and Removing Disk, Without Reboot..

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Many aeons ago, I used to have SCSI disks on my ancient Linux systems, but the only SCSI device I attached nowadays was the LTO Tape drive, for full system backups, very occasionally..   Now, I have the HP RX2600 IA64 system, with nothing but U320 SCSI LVD disks, and needed to find a way of attaching one … Continue reading →

Shades of Transylvania

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After successfully installing the Adaptec SCSI 320 card (and running out of PCI-E slots..) and connecting the ‘new’ HP LTO-3 tape drive, I have been enjoying the deja-vu feeling of using SCSI again, after many years…       I remember the pre-USB and pre-Firewire days, when CD-drives and scanners (and expensive disks) were all connected using SCSI… Printers – … Continue reading →