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Re: [SLE] USB Card Recommendations
- From: PL O'Smith <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:25:52 -0500
- Message-id: <200303022125.52915.penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 01 March 2003 11:49 am, Stuart Powell wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I am planning to add a USB card to my old IBM PC Server 704 in order
> to hook up a new printer to it. Ideally, I would like a card with 4
> or more ports instead of just two. Does anyone have any suggestions
> for cards available in the US that will work with SuSE 8.1 Pro ?
>
> I have been looking at Belkin, Adaptec, SIIG, both USB1.1 and USB2.
> None of them seem to explicitly say "Works with Linux", and I'd
> rather buy one that works first time, instead of trying a few that
> don't and finally finding a good one.
>
> I'm also mulling over the combo cards with USB2 and Firewire, even
> though I don't have any USB2 or firewire devices right now. Again,
> it comes down to a compatibility issue. If the cards will work fine,
> it might be worth a few extra dollars now just in case I do get any
> of these faster devices in the future.
>
> I checked the linux-usb site, and they seemed to infer that all
> OHCI/UHCI (USB1.1) and EHCI (USB2) drivers are in kernels 2.4.19 and
> above, although the USB2 driver is still marked experimental.
>
> So, do any of you have great success stories, or tales of woe, with
> any particular products that would fit the bill ?
>
> Thanks,
> Stuart.
----------------------------
Hi Stuart,
I have successfully installed and used the Belken USB 2.0 card without
problems. It was being used under a 2.4.18 kernel by the way, but I
did upgrade the user to 2.4.19 for the best compatiblity and drivers.
It uses the OHCI/EHCI standards and the user has used a USB2 scanner,
card reader & external cdrw on the card. It contains 4 external and 1
internal USB2 connectors. I highly recommend it!
Patrick
--- KMail v1.5 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 ---
Registered Linux User #225206
On any other day, that might seem strange...
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I am planning to add a USB card to my old IBM PC Server 704 in order
> to hook up a new printer to it. Ideally, I would like a card with 4
> or more ports instead of just two. Does anyone have any suggestions
> for cards available in the US that will work with SuSE 8.1 Pro ?
>
> I have been looking at Belkin, Adaptec, SIIG, both USB1.1 and USB2.
> None of them seem to explicitly say "Works with Linux", and I'd
> rather buy one that works first time, instead of trying a few that
> don't and finally finding a good one.
>
> I'm also mulling over the combo cards with USB2 and Firewire, even
> though I don't have any USB2 or firewire devices right now. Again,
> it comes down to a compatibility issue. If the cards will work fine,
> it might be worth a few extra dollars now just in case I do get any
> of these faster devices in the future.
>
> I checked the linux-usb site, and they seemed to infer that all
> OHCI/UHCI (USB1.1) and EHCI (USB2) drivers are in kernels 2.4.19 and
> above, although the USB2 driver is still marked experimental.
>
> So, do any of you have great success stories, or tales of woe, with
> any particular products that would fit the bill ?
>
> Thanks,
> Stuart.
----------------------------
Hi Stuart,
I have successfully installed and used the Belken USB 2.0 card without
problems. It was being used under a 2.4.18 kernel by the way, but I
did upgrade the user to 2.4.19 for the best compatiblity and drivers.
It uses the OHCI/EHCI standards and the user has used a USB2 scanner,
card reader & external cdrw on the card. It contains 4 external and 1
internal USB2 connectors. I highly recommend it!
Patrick
--- KMail v1.5 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 ---
Registered Linux User #225206
On any other day, that might seem strange...
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