Paul wrote:
>
> It was Nov 10, 2000, 17:40, when Eugene C. Zesch keyboarded:
>
> >> network card
> >> SCSI card>
> >
> >I have no experience with SCSI, but I've used several 3COM cards. If you
> >can go with 10Meg, the 3C509 is reliable and can be found for $10-15 on
> >the surplus market. I've never had a problem with any 3COM card being
> >recognized by Linux.
>
> I use an adaptec 2940UW card, works great. I am sure also the cheaper ones
> will work, support for 17xx and 21xx is in Linux.
> I use a real cheap Realtek card, 8139 chipset I think. Every distro I ever
> used works with it.
>
> Paul
>
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Thanks Paul! Hmm, just out of curiosity, on that SCSI card you're using...
Is it SCSI2, wide, ultra-wide, etc, etc,...I'm going to be using a Yamaha CDRW
with it, so what you would you recommend as far as transfer rates go? (yep, I
know faster is better, but I'm not going to be doing the server route so...)
Thanks!
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