On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 03:27:35PM -0500, William Jensen wrote:
> Greetings Debians,
>
> It's time I do scsi. I've wanted to for as long as I can remember but
> I've always been a little chicken to dive into it. Well no more. I'd
> like some recommendations from those of you on this list that use
> scsi. Here is what I am thinking about so far...
>
> Card:
>
> Adaptec 2940U2W (with 2.4.0-test8 kernel) <- linux.com claims
> support in 2.2x kernels so I assume 2.4 will also
>
> Now I've looked at the scsi section in menuconfig and I cannot find
> any reference to any 2940 cards though linux.com's articles say
> that kernel 2.2 you can use and compile the low-level drivers in.
> What am I missing here that i cannot find them?
SCSI->Low Level->Adaptec AIC7xxx
That should be the one. Works with most newer Adaptec cards.
Name's based on the chipset, not the model.
> CD ROM/Burner
>
> A Plextor RW PX-W12432Ti/SW <- a 12/4/32 (write/re-write/read) cdrom
> for burning cd's and general cdrom usage
>
> HardDrive
>
> 2 seagate ST39175LW barricudda's which are 9.1Gb ultra2 wide scsi
> 7200 rpm drives. I was figuring one for linux and one for windows
> (gotta game fellas).
>
> Any/all comments or suggestions to avoid "gotcha's" would be very much
> appreciated. Thanks for your time. My intent here is to jump into as
> much performance as I can "reasonably" afford.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
I think all you'll need is SCSI Disk and SCSI CDROM support. Maybe SCSI
generic too.
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