On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 04:55:38PM +0200, Larry de Graaf wrote: I am rather fond of the Symbios 875 they are cheap, they are fast, and the driver is very stable. I have heard great things about the newer versions of this card also, don't know how cheap those are though.
> I'm using a Buslogic BT-958 for more then a year now. I'm very happy with. > At that time I choosed it instead of Adaptec because of a lot of problems > people had with Adaptec cards. I don't say there are still problems with > Adaptec but my next card will be Buslogic (Mylex). > > For the record: I don't own any shares of Mylex. Just a happy user. > > > >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:53:03 -0400 (EDT) > >From: "David B.Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Ries van Twisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: [OT] Whitch adaptec SCSI card? > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > >Ries van Twisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I'm running Debian with a 2.0.36 kernel. > >> I want to upgrade my system to the following: > >> > >> 12..18Gb HD > >> DAT Tape Backup system > >> SCSI card for connecting both. > >> > >> Witch SCSI card is best supported, and whitch DAT type is best supported? > >> Where can I find the doc's on witch HF is supported under Debian? > > > >Ries, > > > >Adaptec cards are everywhere, and are supported by everybody. My > >problem with Adaptec cards is that they are very sensitive to > >cable troubles. I have replaced cables more times than I would > >like to admit. If you do use an Adaptec card, use the very best > >cables money can buy. > > > >Or you can use Mylex (aka Bus Logic) cards which are reputed not > >to be so sensitive to cabling. Linux does support them. I think > >Windows 9x also supports them, but someone else will have to > >confirm that. > > > >-- David > >David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Debian GNU/Linux Because software support should be free, timely, > > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > > (Hoping that this is all of the above) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -------------------------------------- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - -