Benjamin Scott said:
>On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, at 11:25am, Tom Buskey wrote:
>> Now, connect via SCSI to another machine (that doesn't have IDE) & use
>> it as an external RAID system.
>
>  What you describe is possible in theory.  However, it requires the SCSI
>host adapter in your Linux box to function as a SCSI target.  Last I knew,
>the Linux SCSI subsystem did not support that -- it can only act as the
>initiator of a SCSI command, not be a target of one.  So any such project
>would require a major rewrite of the Linux kernel SCSI subsystem (or writing
>a private SCSI layer and drivers, take your pick).  Either way, it would be
>a lot of work.

I've heard of FreeBSD being able to function this way.  As a SCSI 
target.  I'll go search on that.

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Tom Buskey



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