Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3397 mails)

[Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


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Ken Schneider
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