[rescue] Sun Blade 100 SCSI Card

[Micah R Ledbetter]

On Jun 26, 2006, at 14:11, Bryan Gurney wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:03:46 -0400, Phil Brutsche <phil at tux.obix.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>> Anyone know which LVD SCSI cards work as a boot device in the Sun  
>>> Blade
>>> 100?
>>
>> One of these will: http://search.ebay.com/120002048329
>>
>> There are 2 on ebay.
>>
>
> That's a 66 MHz 64 bit PCI card; I don't think the Blade 100 would  
> have
> anything better than 33 MHz 32 bit slots (sunsolve says three "full  
> size"
> 33 MHz slots; I'm guessing that means "full card length" and not  
> "longer
> slot connector").  At least that's the case with my Ultra 5, which is
> basically the previous generation of the Blade 100's role.
>
> Related question: can you run 66/64 cards in a 33/32 slot at all,  
> or will
> they just not work?

I thought they were backwards compatible both ways - you can run  
33/32 cards in 66/64 slots, and 66/64 cards in 33/32 slots. IIRC,  
I've done both, and they work.

  - Micah