Re: What SCSI should I buy?
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 08:21:07AM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Thanks to everybody who replied. I believe every SCSI-adaptor is > succesfully used by at least one person :-). Advansys seems to be > the best choice (or buslogic, but that wasn't one my friends initial > shopping list). Although I'm worried about one thing: my friend noted > that on the box of the Advansys U-version (he didn't give me any > id of the board sorry) Linux-support was mentioned but on the UW-version > there was nothing about Linux. Does anybody know Advansys' policy? I mean > are they commited to providing Linux support for all their SCSI-adaptors? If you look in the kernel source code, you'll see this: /* Documentation for the AdvanSys Driver A. Adapters Supported by this Driver B. Linux v1.2.X - Directions for Adding the AdvanSys Driver C. Linux v1.3.1 - v1.3.57 - Directions for Adding the AdvanSys Driver D. Linux v1.3.58 and Newer - Upgrading the AdvanSys Driver E. Source Comments F. Driver Compile Time Options and Debugging G. Driver LILO Option H. Release History I. Known Problems or Issues J. Credits K. AdvanSys Contact Information A. Adapters Supported by this Driver AdvanSys (Advanced System Products, Inc.) manufactures the following Bus-Mastering SCSI-2 Host Adapters for the ISA, EISA, VL, and PCI buses. This Linux driver supports all of these adapters. The CDB counts below indicate the number of SCSI CDB (Command Descriptor Block) requests that can be stored in the RISC chip cache and board LRAM. A CDB is a single SCSI command. The driver detect routine will display the number of CDBs available for each adapter detected. The number of CDBs used by the driver can be lowered in the BIOS by changing the 'Host Queue Size' adapter setting. Connectivity Products: ABP510/5150 - Bus-Master ISA (240 CDB) (Footnote 1) ABP5140 - Bus-Master ISA PnP (16 CDB) (Footnote 1, 3) ABP5142 - Bus-Master ISA PnP with floppy (16 CDB) (Footnote 4) ABP920 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) ABP930 - Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) (Footnote 5) ABP930U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB) ABP960 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (16 CDB) (Footnote 2) ABP960U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (16 CDB) Single Channel Products: ABP542 - Bus-Master ISA with floppy (240 CDB) ABP742 - Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB) ABP842 - Bus-Master VL (240 CDB) ABP940 - Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB) ABP940U - Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB) ABP970 - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (240 CDB) ABP970U - Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB) Dual Channel Products: ABP752 - Dual Channel Bus-Master EISA (240 CDB Per Channel) ABP852 - Dual Channel Bus-Master VL (240 CDB Per Channel) ABP950 - Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel) Footnotes: 1. This board has been shipped by HP with the 4020i CD-R drive. The board has no BIOS so it cannot control a boot device, but it can control any secondary SCSI device. 2. This board has been sold by Iomega as a Jaz Jet PCI adapter. 3. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i540 SpeedMaster. 4. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i542 SpeedMaster. 5. This board has been sold by SIIG as the Fast SCSI Pro PCI. B. Linux v1.2.X - Directions for Adding the AdvanSys Driver These directions apply to v1.2.13. For versions that follow v1.2.13. but precede v1.3.57 some of the changes for Linux v1.3.X listed below may need to be modified or included. A patch is available for v1.2.13 from the AdvanSys WWW and FTP sites. There are two source files: advansys.h and advansys.c. Copy both of these files to the directory /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi. 1. Add the following line to /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/config.in after "comment 'SCSI low-level drivers'": bool 'AdvanSys SCSI support' CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS y 2. Add the following lines to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/hosts.c after "#include "hosts.h"": #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS #include "advansys.h" #endif and after "static Scsi_Host_Template builtin_scsi_hosts[] =": #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS ADVANSYS, #endif 3. Add the following lines to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/Makefile: ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS SCSI_SRCS := $(SCSI_SRCS) advansys.c SCSI_OBJS := $(SCSI_OBJS) advansys.o else SCSI_MODULE_OBJS := $(SCSI_MODULE_OBJS) advansys.o endif 4. (Optional) If you would like to enable the LILO command line and /etc/lilo.conf 'advansys' option, make the following changes. This option can be used to disable I/O port scanning or to limit I/O port scanning to s
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
The driver included in the 2.1 kernels DOES support the UW card. I would suggest getting that driver, it does work with the 2.0 (and the 1.2) kernels. I am not sure which version of the driver is being shipped with Debian's kernel. That is driver version 3.1D and goes in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi as advansys.c and advansys.h. I can ship you a copy, if you need them. They are about 578K in size combined. On 16-Mar-98 Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Thanks to everybody who replied. I believe every SCSI-adaptor is > succesfully used by at least one person :-). Advansys seems to be > the best choice (or buslogic, but that wasn't one my friends initial > shopping list). Although I'm worried about one thing: my friend noted > that on the box of the Advansys U-version (he didn't give me any > id of the board sorry) Linux-support was mentioned but on the UW-version > there was nothing about Linux. Does anybody know Advansys' policy? I mean > are they commited to providing Linux support for all their SCSI-adaptors? > > Thanks again, > > Nico > > -- > -- > Nico De Ranter > Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) > Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) > 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth > Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** > New Phone number +32 2 724 86 41 !!! > *** > > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > George Bonser Just be thankful that Microsoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals. http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
Thanks to everybody who replied. I believe every SCSI-adaptor is succesfully used by at least one person :-). Advansys seems to be the best choice (or buslogic, but that wasn't one my friends initial shopping list). Although I'm worried about one thing: my friend noted that on the box of the Advansys U-version (he didn't give me any id of the board sorry) Linux-support was mentioned but on the UW-version there was nothing about Linux. Does anybody know Advansys' policy? I mean are they commited to providing Linux support for all their SCSI-adaptors? Thanks again, Nico -- -- Nico De Ranter Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** New Phone number +32 2 724 86 41 !!! *** -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
I agree with everyone else's statement that BusLogic is Good, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with Advansys. Advansys maintains the linux driver and it should be a good one. Adaptec and Diamond will work at the expense of some robustness. I'll never buy them. On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 03:34:16PM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote: > a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: > >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ >Advansys UW180$ >Advansys U 150$ >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ Jeff -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
hi,
I have bought the advansys cards and i must say that they are excellent in
terms of value for money, support, and features. you can also get them at
a growing number of places on the web. on the diamond unit, it is my
understanding they only support win 95 and nt.
regards,
allan
th
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$
> > >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$
> > >Advansys UW180$
> > >Advansys U 150$
> > >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$
> >
> > The only semi-viable choice is the 2940UW.. The Buslogic cards are my
> > current favorite.
>
> Yep,
> BusLogic 958 is a very nice UW card similar to Adaptec 2940UW.
>
> ALex Y.
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Re: What SCSI should I buy?
> >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$
> >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$
> >Advansys UW180$
> >Advansys U 150$
> >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$
>
> The only semi-viable choice is the 2940UW.. The Buslogic cards are my
> current favorite.
Yep,
BusLogic 958 is a very nice UW card similar to Adaptec 2940UW.
ALex Y.
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Re: What SCSI should I buy?
I have a 2940UW SCSI controller onboard (built in my motherboard) and it works fine with Linux 2.0.33. I assume that the 2940UW card will work just as well. -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- PGP Keys --- Public: http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/othman/OO_PUBLIC.asc REVOKED: http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/othman/OO_REVOKED.asc -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
Howdy, a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ Advansys UW180$ Advansys U 150$ Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ Requirements: Linux compatible (ofcourse, he is an intelligent guy :-), PCI, compatible with Philips omniwriter, drivers for DOS/WIN95/WINNT (well, there is allways room for improvement :-). I am happy with my Adaptec 2940 UW. My 3 UW SCSI HDDs are running happily with software RAID-0. However, I know that the Diamond Fireport is supported as well. I think that the Advansys cards are too. It might come down to a price issue, I guess. -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
>> Nico De Ranter wrote: >> > >> > >> > Howdy, >> > >> > a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: >> > >> >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ >> >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ >> >Advansys UW180$ >> >Advansys U 150$ >> >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ >> >> The only semi-viable choice is the 2940UW.. The Buslogic cards are my >> current favorite. >> I have an adaptec 2940 AU scsi card ad there have been problems with it under Linux, it seem to work fine, exept when I got to dos/windows, on reboot the card hands the scsi bus and my machine won't boot. So If i were you then I would go for a 100% Linux compatible card i.e. a Busligic. >> Tim >> >> -- >> (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - >> http://www.buoy.com/~tps >> "Great successes are built on taking your negatives and turning them around." >> -- Sumner Redstone >> ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** >> >> >> -- >> E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
I have Adaptec 2940s in two of my Debian machines (one is our Debian mirror) and have never had a problem. My cohorts at work use them in a variety of situations with cd writers, scanners, etc. running Windows 95 and NT. No complaints here. Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Network Administrator | work: 353.4844 Division of Engineering Computing Services | page: 222.5875 On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Howdy, > > a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: > >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ >Advansys UW180$ >Advansys U 150$ >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ > > Requirements: Linux compatible (ofcourse, he is an intelligent > guy :-), PCI, compatible with Philips omniwriter, drivers for > DOS/WIN95/WINNT (well, there is allways room for improvement :-). > > Any idea what would be the best choice? > > Thanks in advance, > > Nico. > > -- > -- > Nico De Ranter > Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) > Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) > 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth > Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** > New Phone number +32 2 724 86 41 !!! > *** > > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What SCSI should I buy?
Nico De Ranter wrote: > > > Howdy, > > a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: > >Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ >Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ >Advansys UW180$ >Advansys U 150$ >Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ The only semi-viable choice is the 2940UW.. The Buslogic cards are my current favorite. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "Great successes are built on taking your negatives and turning them around." -- Sumner Redstone ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What SCSI should I buy?
Howdy, a friend of mine wants to buy a scsi-card. His options are: Adaptec 2940 UW 300$ Adaptec 2930 (U) 180$ Advansys UW180$ Advansys U 150$ Diamond fireport (UW ?) 180$ Requirements: Linux compatible (ofcourse, he is an intelligent guy :-), PCI, compatible with Philips omniwriter, drivers for DOS/WIN95/WINNT (well, there is allways room for improvement :-). Any idea what would be the best choice? Thanks in advance, Nico. -- -- Nico De Ranter Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** New Phone number +32 2 724 86 41 !!! *** -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
