On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, bob gordon wrote:

I'm about to go from a 486 to a Pentium II with a 400MHz chip and a 100MHz bus. For technical reasons am getting one of the new Adaptec Ultra2 controllers. Yes, I know it will probably be a good while before this card is supported. Therefore, until it is, I'm going to run linux on an external hard disk.

SuSE's kernels, IIRC, use an updated Adaptec driver that fully supports the Adaptec Ultra 2 (not verified, and I still don't like Adaptec hardware)

I will have 4 external peripherals: 2 hard disks, a scanner, and a CDR. All are SCSI-2. So I'm planning to get a second controller to run these devices until linux supports the Adaptec Ultra2. My first thought was to go BusLogic. However, I'd be forced to buy a very expensive one because of compatibility issues with new mother boards.

The BT-930 works just fine with new motherboards, and costs about $130. (I've seen it for as low as $110) Otherwise, something NCR/Symbios based (i.e. Asus SC875) is a good bet. If all you need is fast narrow SCSI-II and don't need to boot from it, then get an Asus SC-200 (discontinued but still around) for around $60.

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to a suitable controller which wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg? Again, it doesn't have to handle anything beyond SCSI-2.

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