Xref: utzoo alt.sys.sun:2176 comp.sys.sun:12502 Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!xenitec!maytag!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!ads.com!news From: ehrlich@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.sys.sun,mail.sun-managers Subject: 4/[34]90 does not support SCSI/SMD disk under 4.4.1!?!?!?! Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 21:20:34 GMT Sender: sun-managers-relay@eecs.nwu.edu Followup-To: alt.sys.sun Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 20 Approved: news@ADS.COM Apparently-To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu While purusing the 4.1.1 release notes I came across the following on page 4: "Sun's SPARCserver 390 and SPARCserver 490 systems support only IPI disks. The SPARCserver 470 and SPARCstation 470 support both IPI and SCSI disks. No other Sun systems support IPI disks." This leads me to wonder: 1) Does this mean that Sun has totaly abandoned the SMD line? 2) Is Sun offering trade ins for my old SMD disks? 3) Have they totally lost their minds? 4) Is it really true that I can not hook a SCSI disk to a 4/[34]90? 5) Has anyone with 4.1.1 tried hooking a SCSI disk up? 6) Can anyone tell me if this latest bogosity from Sun is for real? I do not know about anyone else, but IPI drives are still a little pricey for a poor university computer science department. -- Dan Ehrlich - Sr. Systems Programmer - Penn State Computer Science /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176