Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-30 Thread Pavel Epifanov
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote: >=I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers >=so it can act as an ftp server. [..] >=The computer is a Gateway P166 with 32MB of EDO I am using computers like or less than 486 + RAM 16 MB for the gateways. If you recompile

Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers > so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower > computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't > require much from the pr

Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-27 Thread aphro
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote: bs7452 >I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers bs7452 >so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower bs7452 >computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't bs7452 >require much fr

Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-27 Thread Gary Hennigan
Aaron Solochek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the adaptec 2940u2w (aic-7890) is well supported in every kernel > I've seen recently. As I stated, I haven't had any problems with the driver not working. It's more a question of whether Adaptec's product is worth the premium price they place on their

Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-27 Thread Aaron Solochek
the adaptec 2940u2w (aic-7890) is well supported in every kernel I've seen recently. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Brian J. Stults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers > > so it can act as an ftp ser

Re: system requirements for SCSI

2000-01-27 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Brian J. Stults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to by a SCSI drive and controller for one of my older computers > so it can act as an ftp server. My understanding is that a slower > computer can act as a decent server if you use SCSI since it doesn't > require much from the processor. Is t