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From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth)
Subject: Re: Supported PCMCIA SCSI Adapter for external boot disk ?
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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 16:26:59 GMT
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JSB (stuart@loddon.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: I use a notebook with a single disk. Periodically I need to swtich
: between FreeBSD, Linux & WfW (yuck).  This means exchanging hard disks -
: pain.

I know that, I am in the same position...

: Does anyone know of a PCMCIA SCSI adapter which is supported on either
: /both of the UNIXes so that I can boot from a SCSI disk attached using
: this card (perhaps the Adaptec 1460??) ?

AFAIK there are no PCMCIA SCSI Cards which have a BIOS you need
to boot. Also, PCMCIA slots are not probed during the POST.

: If not, anyone got other ideas ?

Get a larger disk for the Laptop (like I did) and install the
OS you have the most need for. Leave enough blank so that you
can install a minimized system of the other OS you need an keep
the rest on the external disk.
In my office we have one Laptop with a 850MB Disk, this one
holds FreeBSD and WfW as "full" Systems and a small system for
Linux and W95.

Regards, Stephan
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