> >
> > 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?
2.6.18-4
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 quote HP: 2 HP 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots and 1 64-bit/33MHz PCI slot
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.
'will work' and 'work well' are not always the same, hece asking for
peoples experiences with different chips/brands.
Kelly
