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I am looking to upgrade my computer to a PII-233.  I am trying to figure out
which mainboard and SCSI adapter to buy.

From the Linux Hardware Compatability list I see that Adaptec 2940 (and 7880
chipset such as is on the Asus P2L97s mainboard) is partially supported.

I also see that the Symbios Logic 53c875 (Asus PCI-SC875, Diamond FirePort
40) is not supported, yet I see reference to people using the Diamond
products?

Any good recommendations?  How about an Asus P2L97 with a DPT SCSI
controller?

Please respond via my Email.

Thank you,
Todd Douglass

I like the A.I.R. P6KDI motherboard, which

  handles 1 or 2 Pentium-II processors.

  has built-in adaptec 7880 ultra/wide SCSI, so you don't need a SCSI
  adaptor, and still has 5 PCI slots free, plus 3 ISA slots.

  has on-board IDE & floppy, 2 USB ports, & 2 COM ports.

  uses DIMM memories. My machines have 256M of ECC memory installed,
  and I still have half the DIMM slots free.

  seems very reliable (I haven't seen any crashes in 9 months that I
  could attribute to a hardware problem)

Their web page is www.airwebs.com.

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< John Belew >

Quote:> I also see that the Symbios Logic 53c875 (Asus PCI-SC875, Diamond FirePort
> 40) is not supported, yet I see reference to people using the Diamond
> products?

The Symbios 53c875 is fully supported from version 2.0.32 of the kernel.

I am using the BSD version of the 53c875 driver with 2.0.33.

Best regards
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