[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

Tue Apr 27 13:52:52 CDT 2021

Which model of SparcBook do you have?
I tested my Sparcbook 3GX with Micheal McMaster on the powerbook version of
the SCSI2SD a few years ago to get BSD booting without errors. You do need the
caddy for the connector so make sure you keep that.

I am pretty sure any firmware for the SCSI2SD after Jan 2015 should work.

I have tested that 32GB cards work at least on NetBSD... the other vintage IDE
to SCSI adapters are limited to about 8GB... so not worth your time IMO.
Also you should be able to configure multiple disks on the SCSI2SD if you want
to install several OSes on different emulated drives. And manually boot into
them from the prom.

Chase
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:47:27 +1000
From: Richard <ejb at trick-1.net>
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Subject: [rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options
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Hi Folks

So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk on
the
SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a quick
google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI bridge
thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnbt work.

I am therefore now looking for a 2.5b SCSI HDD or some alternate solution.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a draw?

Thanks in advance

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:05:09 -0400
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FWIW, youB  may want to check into general scsi to CF adapters.B  Off the top
of my head, I don't recall one in a HD form factor but there may be one
that could work.B  Here is a starter for some ideas
https://wiki.68kmla.org/SCSI_hard_disk_replacement_options
Good luck
J

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:47 AM Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk on
> the
> SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
> Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a quick
> google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI bridge
> thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnb t work.
>
> I am therefore now looking for a 2.5bB  SCSI HDD or some alternate
solution.
>
> Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a draw?
>
> Thanks in advance
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:16:08 -0500
From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
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Did the caddy have any 'logic' inside? SCSI to IDE adapters were quite common
in those laptops, if the tray had an IDE interface inside, I suspect there is
a circuit board converting that to SCSI.

Fingers crossed you just need to find an IDE drive replacement, that should
be
infinitely easier than finding a suitable SCSI solution.

Ken

> On Apr 27, 2021, at 07:47, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> o;?Hi Folks
>
> So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk on
the
> SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
> Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a quick
> google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI bridge
> thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnbt work.
>
> I am therefore now looking for a 2.5b SCSI HDD or some alternate solution.
>
> Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a draw?
>
> Thanks in advance
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:24:03 -0700
From: Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options
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SCSI2SD makes an adapter in laptop form factor - macs used the 2.5" scsi
hdds, as did the sparc Voyager. I tried one and it works.

Super jealous about the tadpole, I've been looking for one for years!

Dan.

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 07:16 Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did the caddy have any 'logic' inside? SCSI to IDE adapters were quite
> common
> in those laptops, if the tray had an IDE interface inside, I suspect there
> is
> a circuit board converting that to SCSI.
>
> Fingers crossed you just need to find an IDE drive replacement, that
> should be
> infinitely easier than finding a suitable SCSI solution.
>
> Ken
>
> > On Apr 27, 2021, at 07:47, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
> >
> > o;?Hi Folks
> >
> > So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk
> on
> the
> > SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
> > Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a quick
> > google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI
> bridge
> > thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnb t work.
> >
> > I am therefore now looking for a 2.5bB  SCSI HDD or some alternate
> solution.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a draw?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > _______________________________________________
> > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

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