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wakaruru
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Re: does octane 2 support cd-rom or usb device?
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Thank you guys, that really helped a lot! So I guess what I need is to
find a 50 pin scsi cdrom plus a scsi cable which change the 50 pin into
68 pin right? |
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Steve S.
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:
Re: does octane 2 support cd-rom or usb device?
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wakaruru wrote:
| Quote: | do I need an extra adapter to link the cdrom to octane? or any
external cdrom can work with a 68 pin scsi port?
thanks!
Nope.. Just a scsi cable that matches the drive's interface on 1 end and |
has a normal 68 pin on the other. I have used many toshiba drives and a
yamaha cd burner all successfully.
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John-Paul Stewart
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Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:
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wakaruru wrote:
| Quote: | do I need an extra adapter to link the cdrom to octane? or any
external cdrom can work with a 68 pin scsi port?
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Any 68-pin (wide) SCSI external CD-ROM will work as-is (but will be very
hard to find). Most SCSI CD-ROMs tended to be 50-pin (narrow) SCSI, for
which you'll need an adapter to attach it to the Octane's 68-pin port.
Note that SCSI CD-ROMs (either internal or external) are hard to find
these days. Most of the external ones you'll be able to find new are
either USB or FireWire. Neither will work. |
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wakaruru
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject:
Re: does octane 2 support cd-rom or usb device?
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do I need an extra adapter to link the cdrom to octane? or any
external cdrom can work with a 68 pin scsi port?
thanks! |
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Ian Mapleson
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Steve S.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:58 pm Post subject:
Re: does octane 2 support cd-rom or usb device?
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wakaruru wrote:
| Quote: | I want to install irix on an Octane 2. However, it does not have a cd
rom or any usb ports. what should I do?
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Connect an external cdrom to the 68 pin scsi port on the octane. |
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wakaruru
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:
does octane 2 support cd-rom or usb device?
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I want to install irix on an Octane 2. However, it does not have a cd
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