First of all, I am stunned to find a site like http://lhd.datapower.com; so, I thank you very much! :-)
Now, I also have the /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/scsi directory on my system, because I recently was diligently re-compiling my kernel for the first time (it worked! Hooray! :-) Anyway, there are a lot of cards that are compatible; and I was wondering, if anyone had some ideas on where to start: are Adaptec cards a good way to go? It is fairly easy to look up cards on eBay with the keywords "scsi adaptec"; this way, I am not overwhelmed with selections. I will do a lot of reading to find out which cards are better than others, etc.; but any ideas would be appreciated. I am looking for useful, and CHEAP--I am on a fixed income, and feeling very poor these days ;-) The Hewlett-Packard website claims that the scanner I have needs a $150 dollar card; in fact they generously point out the exact card they want me to buy...the card that came with the scanner, the Hewlett-Packard card, is useless, they admit, but they won't do anything about it. So basically it is a useless scanner, the way it is shipped. I think the card would work with Windows 3.1, but the scanner was purchased when I was using Windows 95 (and it was supposed to be compatible),but gave nothing but trouble. Now, I use Linux, but of course there's no way to support the stupid useless card (which was a triangular board with a small chip on it). Anyway, I need a scsi card; the scanner is still in superb condition (but of course, it has never been used...) So if anyone has a scsi card, I would appreciate if you would tell me about it, and how it works with Linux. thanks! --Mark Seven Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:49 am, Greg Madden wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 December 2001 12:34 pm, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > > I'm trying to get a scsi card (for an old HP ScanJet 4p > > scanner), though eBay; and in trying to determine if a > > card advertised will work with Linux, I went to the > > Debian homepage, and was told that Debian has no > > hardware requirements beyond those that come with > > Linux. Then there was a link to check the hardware > > compatibility HOWTO. But the HOWTO doesn't list scsi > > cards! In fact, I couldn't find a list of any scsi > > card compatibilities, except in doing a search from > > Google, I came across the hardware compatibility lists > > for Red Hat Linux--they list all the hardware that they > > *CERTIFY* to run with Red Hat Linux, and what version > > of RHL each card or whatever works with, which isn't > > much helpful for Debian stuff (unless I could get a > > particular scsi driver from a Red Hat site, if that is > > what they did to make that card "certifiable"). > > > > Does anyone know of a place that I can check for the > > compatibility of a particular scsi card, especially for > > Debian? > > > > TIA, > > > > --Mark Seven Smith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Generaly speaking driver availability is a function of > the kernel source and not distribution specific. This can > change somewhat as some distros patch their kernel > sources but scsi is pretty standard stuff. > > All drivers are contained in the kernel source, so > reading through tthe source, /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi, > would show what cards are supported. Of course this > requires access to the source and a knowledge of what > drivers your card uses, aolso the names are somewhat > cryptic. > > The Linux hcl may be easier :) > > - -- > Greg Madden > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjwTsisACgkQaefA3q8KcpBP3ACgmgYCe+ZbVHcOwosiS >9WENNix CpcAnRksLX+dZA+PAbUeZDU1+MxeGI0/ > =3LU1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
