the adaptec 2940u2w (aic-7890) is well supported in every kernel I've seen recently.
-Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Brian J. Stults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers > > so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower > > computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't > > require much from the processor. Is that right? Also, are there any > > minimum requirements? The computer is a Gateway P166 with 32MB of EDO > > ram. It will boot from an IDE drive, but the files that will be > > available from the server will all be on the SCSI drive. Sorry this > > isn't entirely Debian-related, but I use Debian and I want to install > > Debian on this computer, too. I'm thinking of buying a 9.1GB IBM > > Ultrastar 18ES and an Adaptec 2940U2W U2W/S host adapter. Thanks in > > advance for any input. > > I can't comment on the resources required, but I can say that I'd > seriously consider some of the other SCSI controllers out there. Don't > get me wrong, I have a 2940UW and haven't had any problems with it, > but Adaptec charges a premium for their products and have, in the > past, been slow to embrace Linux. > > Do a search for the topic of SCSI controllers via http://www.deja.com > and look at what folks have to say. I've seen a lot of good things > said about the other SCSI controllers that are a lot less expensive > than Adaptec. > > Good Luck, > Gary > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
