On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 18:42 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 05:52 pm, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've checked the lists and I still have a question(s) about getting an appropriate SCSI card.
I need to install a tape drive (SCSI 160) in a DELL box running SuSE 9.2 and I'm totally confused on which or what SCSI card to purchase. Can someone please make some recommendations?
Frank, I'd say that just about any U160 card would do for a tape drive. Just see to that the PCI bus is compatible with your motherboard.
Personally I prefer Adaptec when it comes to SCSI, their "Adaptec SCSI Card 29160" ( would be an excellent choice for best compatibility with other hardware.
I use a lot of Adaptec 2906 cards (AIC7xxx compatible) for tape drives. I think they would be cheaper than the 29160's.
Except they only do 10Mb which by today's standards is rather slow and since he has a tape drive capable of 160Mb the 29160 is the better choice. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge