[4807] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Fireport 40 scsi adapter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr. James W. Laferriere)
Sat Oct 3 14:14:10 1998
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:01:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
To: DlW <danw@newnfs.ic.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.981003030506.17900C-100000@newnfs.ic.net>
On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, DlW wrote:
> Hi,
> The SCSI-HOWTO seems to be outdated so here goes...
>
> I now am using an ncr53c810 scsi adapter and am thinking of getting
> a Diamond FirePort 40 adapter that uses the SYM53c875 chip. My questions
> are which linux dirver supports the FirePort best, the NCR53c7,8xx or
> the BSD NCR53C8XX driver? Do they support it's wide 40Mbytes per second
^^^^^^^^^ Is the -only- way to go . Afaik the 'NCR53c7,8xx'
isn't being maintained, or if it is it's only for the 53c7xx
series of chips .
> transfer rate? Can I still use my existing scsi hard dirves/CD Rom drive
> ( 50 pin ) with it and if I do will it slow down the new 68 pin scsi3 hard
> drive I am going to get with it? Also I am looking at getting a 4.somthing
> Gig scsi3 hard drive, ( I would like it to at least format at 4.0 Gig )
> what hard drive would work best/fastest with the FirePort 40?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Dan
> -
> Dan Wiedenbeck <danw@ic.net>
Hth, JimL
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