[3252] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: aic7xxx-5.0.3.patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Nachlinger)
Sat Feb 7 12:10:05 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:27:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Nachlinger <mnach@northstar.apres.org>
To: redhat@davelee.student.Princeton.EDU
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980206130558.924C-100000@ranma.princeton.edu>
On Fri, 6 Feb 1998 redhat@davelee.student.Princeton.EDU wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > I've got a linux box running 2.0.33 with your aic7xxx-5.0.3.patch
> > installed. I added one of Granite Digital's 68/50 adapters w/active
> > termination to my system at the time I patched the kernel. Controller
> > is an Adaptec 2940 vintage 1994, all drives were 50 pin. Four months
> [snip]
>
> and termination issues. In the world of electronics, this tends to mean
> that the hardware was manufactured to poor tolerances, or the initial
> design was somewhat flawed or flaky to begin with.
>
> Glad to hear that you're having some better luck with the Granite Digital
> active termination, but in the future, you might want to get a Buslogic
> card.
Have heard a lot of good things about Buslogic. I bought the Adaptec
card early 1994 before I had installed Linux. Late '94 I installed
Yggdrsial, progressed to Redhat, now use Debian because of dependancy
issues. Next card will be a DPT and a raid system. Had to eliminate
the bus issues first!
-Mike
Mike Nachlinger Apres Ski Club, Inc.
1-888-APRESGO www.apres.org mnach@apres.org
