Peter Ludwig wrote: > I myself have an Adaptec 1542CF and I have started to receive > problematic errors with the card. After seeing this message, I'm > tempted to get another card from somewhere and try that out. > > I have looked at adaptec's website in regards to this card (about a year > ago actually... hmm... perhaps the thread you saw was the one I started? >
The thread I was referring to seemed to originate with one Peter Rasmussen. I see you are Peter as well; perhaps you were using an alias to confuse the minds of those who seek your demise? 8^) I have to say that I am generally pretty disgusted over this whole thing. I have owned two of these damn cards and both of them have been crap. I was under the impression that the 'venerable' AHA1542 was one of the most widely used and reputable cards around when I bought them. In reality, they seem to both have been nothing more than extremely overpriced junk. This is the only device I have *ever* had problems with under Linux, and it has been non-stop from the day I got them. I have seen two opinions expressed in the fragments of stuff I have found about this card under Linux: A: the card is crap B: the Linux driver for the card is crap I don't know which it is, but I do know that I will never touch another Adaptec product again in my life. I am now considering buying a couple of Tekram DC390 controllers to replace the Acraptec cards, does anyone have any opinions on Tekram or other brands that they may have had good/bad luck with? The Tekram cards appear to be reliable and inexpensive from what I have read about them. Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple and *reliable* ISA card? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
