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by **Andrew Miles** » Wed, 01 Nov 1995 04:00:00

> I am looking to purchase a new Pentium computer that will run with
> the current Linux kernel. I wanted to use the PCI bus in particular and
> leave anything dealing with ISA alone. I was hoping that someone could
> tell me what type of hard disk and controllers work best with Linux. I
> would hate to purchase the computer and then find out certain parts are
> not compatible.

I'd go SCSI, no question. In fact, I did :)

-- Andrew E. Mileski --

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Dark Matter Technologies Inc. - Ottawa Ontario, Canada!

by **Peter Herweij** » Thu, 02 Nov 1995 04:00:00

> I am looking to purchase a new Pentium computer that will run with
>the current Linux kernel. I wanted to use the PCI bus in particular and
>leave anything dealing with ISA alone. I was hoping that someone could
>tell me what type of hard disk and controllers work best with Linux.

If you don't want to lay out for SCSI, getting an Intel Triton based
board buys you the best "EIDE" controller the PC market currently has to
offer. The busmastering capabilities of these boards are supported in
Linux, at least for harddisks, and make CPU usage just as low as that of
any SCSI setup. I suggest Asus.

As far as general compatibility questions are concerned, you should
check out the hardware HOWTO. Any Linux site archives these things.

- Peter

by **max.strobe** » Wed, 08 Nov 1995 04:00:00

>Hello,
> I am looking to purchase a new Pentium computer that will run with
>the current Linux kernel. I wanted to use the PCI bus in particular and
>leave anything dealing with ISA alone. I was hoping that someone could
>tell me what type of hard disk and controllers work best with Linux. I

I just upgraded to a GA586AT/P mainboard with a 53c810 scsi controller. The
controller is cheap and works fine, the mainboard BIOS supports it.

I had an Adaptec 2842VL before and it worked fine - there's just this
occasional hang problem with the 2842 and 2942.

I threw out all the AT bus disks, because SCSI supports more devices and is not
much more expensive.

Max Strobel

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PCI EIDE drives, PCI SCSI drives, controllers

PCI EIDE drives, PCI SCSI drives, controllers

PCI EIDE drives, PCI SCSI drives, controllers

PCI EIDE drives, PCI SCSI drives, controllers