-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/07 20:04, Kelly Harding wrote: > > > On 20/05/07, *Ron Johnson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > On 05/19/07 19:39, Kelly Harding wrote: > > > > > Anyway, I used to have my old HP LaserJet 6L on my Beige G3 PowerMac > > running OS X 10.2. Worked fine till I retired the machine due to being > > too old, the machine that replaced it (733Mhz G4 Quicksilver) had > OS X > > 10.4 on it, and the Belkin USB -> // adapter didn't work with > Tiger for > > > > Return the Beige G3 to limited service as a print server? > > > I would, but I gave it away as I had an old PC that took over to give me > a quiet Linux Debian based machine. Sadly that died. Seeing as this > server will be in the same place the printer could conceivably sit next > to/on top of it if the USB adapter works. Hence my question, if the > adapter will work then it will save a lot of faffin' around. > > This is the problem ("issue" might be a better word) with buying > specialized kit and trying to shoe-horn it into functionality that > it was not designed to perform. > > > It will be used for what it was designed to perform, but a couple of > extra tasks shouldn't be beyond the hardware really, and possibly worth > a try. > > > > > > Second question is regarding adding USB2.0 /Firewire to the > machine to > > enable use of USB2.0/Firewire external drives, which would allow me to > > move drives easily between machines. Does anyone have any > recommendation > > for combined USB2.0/firewire PCI cards? I have a via chipset one and > > didn't have much joy getting a USB2.0 drive recognised/working > with the > > previous server (dual PIII/500 intel 440gx+ board).
Which kernel? In the 2.4 series? > If the DL380G2 has an open PCI slot, then you could buy a Firewire > card. But I'd bet that the DL380 requires cards with a proprietary > form factory that only Compaq/HP sells. > > > It has 3 open PCI 64bit PCI slots. Before buying a Firewire card I want PCI or PCI-X? > to see if people have recommendations (combined USB2.0/firewire would be > better really) before buying and wasting my money on a card that won't > work with Linux. 99.44% of all Firewire and USB2 cards will work with Linux. The other 0.56% will be non-standard extra-cheap no-name Chinese crud. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGT6kFS9HxQb37XmcRAt9kAKCf1OizX0zeJFTuN/u6rczsRpBUCQCfdQNW jxG21JFZo+FCpBR2MWxoDlQ= =xSoq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
