Messages in this thread |  | | From | Hartmut Niemann <> | Subject | Re: Recommended SCSI Card? | Date | Fri, 13 Sep 1996 08:48:42 +0200 (MSZ) |
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> I have a 68030 computer that I am retiring instead of porting Linux to it. > It has a 1.2Gig Seagate ST11200 SCSI HD and a Teac MT-2 ST-N50 SCSI tape > drive I wish to put into my 5x86-133 PC. I believe both are supported. I > am currently running Redhat 3.0.3 and kernel 1.2.13. What SCSI card would > you experts recommend I purchase? Would an AHA2940 be a good choice? > > Thanks in advance, > > Bob > > > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Bob Taylor Email: brtaylor@qtpi.lakewood.ca.us | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > | A witty statement goes here! | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > This is of course a matter of taste, money and availability in the store. For what I know the AHA2940 is very good, expensive, and said to be a little 'nervous' about cable quality. You have to patch your 1.2.13 to get it to work.
I would like to suggest a actively terminated NCR810 card (Symbios now?) like Asus SC200. These cards are about as fast and cost about one third.
Second: I would recommend upgrading to 2.0.something (it is some work, but everybody told me it's worth it - I did it by rm -r /* and installing from a new CD, because I changed from Slackware to SUSE at the same time). The Aha2940 driver is in the standard distrib, as are two different drivers for the NCRs.
Third: download a recent SCSI-HOWTO from 'a sunsite mirror near you <TM>'. It lists many cards and details about them... +--+ !cu! +--+ Hartmut
-- Hartmut Niemann niemann@cip.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de Zum Aussichtsturm 18 D-91080 Marloffstein
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