Hello everyone, I want to go SCSI so I'm buying a new controller and two hard-disks. My motherboard is: ASUS TUV4X. I went to the Adaptec website and it seems the only adapter I can buy (for my motherboard) is an Ultra160 model: 29160. Is there anyone running this card on SUSE 9-10b? I see a couple of Linux drivers on the Adaptec site but they're for SUSE 7.3 and 8.2 (nothing more recent). I'll appreciate your comments/suggestions. Thanks, Jorge
Jorge, On Tuesday 16 August 2005 20:19, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
Hello everyone,
I want to go SCSI so I'm buying a new controller and two hard-disks. My motherboard is: ASUS TUV4X. I went to the Adaptec website and it seems the only adapter I can buy (for my motherboard) is an Ultra160 model: 29160.
Is there anyone running this card on SUSE 9-10b? I see a couple of Linux drivers on the Adaptec site but they're for SUSE 7.3 and 8.2 (nothing more recent).
I've used a 39160 (dual-channel version of the 29160) from 8.x onward on several different main-boards with no problems whatsoever. Drivers have always been included in the base system and I've never had to do an auxiliary driver installation or pay any specific attention to the Adaptec board at all.
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Jorge
Randall Schulz
Jorge Fábregas wrote:
I want to go SCSI so I'm buying a new controller and two hard-disks. My motherboard is: ASUS TUV4X. I went to the Adaptec website and it seems the only adapter I can buy (for my motherboard) is an Ultra160 model: 29160.
Is there anyone running this card on SUSE 9-10b? I see a couple of Linux drivers on the Adaptec site but they're for SUSE 7.3 and 8.2 (nothing more recent).
For one thing, the drivers would typically not be distribution specific, but kernel (2.2/4/6) specific. For another, the 29160 still uses an aic7xxx chip (I think it's an AIC-7892), so the existing drivers are fine. Anyway, I wouldn't worry - you can even get 29160s quite cheaply on ebay. /Per Jessen, Zürich
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