[4897] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Which SCSI board ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lawrence MacIntyre)
Thu Oct 15 03:16:16 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:34:28 -0400
From: Lawrence MacIntyre <lpz@ornl.gov>
To: Christopher C Chimelis <chris@beezer.med.miami.edu>
CC: p.caci@flashnet.it, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu,
debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
I've got an LX164 from Microway that came with an NCR 53C875-0. It
works quite well with a couple of Seagate Cheetah drives.
Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
>
> On 14 Oct 1998, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>
> > I'm planning to build an alpha based linux machine in the near future.
> > I'll start buying a scsi controller to put on my pentium, but I want
> > it to be good, supported and working on an alpha pc.
> >
> > What do you suggest ?
>
> I would buy an NCR-based board, personally. Needless to say, the 53C810
> is VERY well supported since it's built into the UDB's :-) I hear the
> newer UW and wide NCR-based chipsets are working fine as well, but I
> haven't had experience with them yet.
>
> Reportedly also, the Adaptec 2940UW's are working too, but I've heard some
> stories here and there about problems (very few, but I've heard them).
>
> C
>
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