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I plan to get a Pentium 90 with 32MB RAM and 1GB SCSI-2 HD, with PCI/ISA
Bus and running Linux. After reading the various FAQs and HOWTOs, I still
have the following questions:

1. Does the latest Slackware Distribution 2.1.0 comes with the necessary
driver if I use the Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller card? I would like
to hear the experiences of netters who have actually use this card. Does it
install and work smoothly?

2. Similarly, does the latest release of Linux suport the AMD 79C970
(PCnet-PCI) ethernet card? Is it reliable? Experiences with the actual
use of this card (both positive and negative) would be most helpful.

3. Please suggest alternative PCI SCSI controller card and PCI ethernet
card if you know of any other that will work better.

4. I have come across questions similar to mine being asked on linux
newsgroup before. Please email your reply to me and I will post a summary of
responses later. Thanks!

Hwee Tou Ng

Quote:

>I plan to get a Pentium 90 with 32MB RAM and 1GB SCSI-2 HD, with PCI/ISA
>Bus and running Linux. After reading the various FAQs and HOWTOs, I still
>have the following questions:

I am running a 486 DX2 66 with 16 MB of RAM and a 1GB HD on a ADAPTEC
PCI SCSI controller, which also controls a NEC triple spin CD-ROM.  The HD
split 500MB for Windows NT and 500MB for Linux...  The NT works fine, but
I am still looking for a  Slackware Linux driver.  I downloaded the (latest?)
from ftp.cdrom.com, but they still didn't help:
        No drives found
        eata.c get_conf_DMA controller timeout
        SCSI 0 hosts
        ...

I really need to get this thing up and running.

Quote:>1. Does the latest Slackware Distribution 2.1.0 comes with the necessary
>driver if I use the Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller card? I would like
>to hear the experiences of netters who have actually use this card. Does it
>install and work smoothly?

If anyone can help, please drop me a line at:

If you could cc: me with your posting, that would be greatly appreciated.
(Our nntp is not the most stable, at the current time....)

Thanks in Advance!
        and
Merry Christmas

Erik Lindquist
Systems Administrator
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Whiteshell Labs
Pinawa,  Manitoba

|> I plan to get a Pentium 90 with 32MB RAM and 1GB SCSI-2 HD, with PCI/ISA
|> Bus and running Linux. After reading the various FAQs and HOWTOs, I still
|> have the following questions:
|>
|> 1. Does the latest Slackware Distribution 2.1.0 comes with the necessary
|> driver if I use the Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller card? I would like
|> to hear the experiences of netters who have actually use this card. Does it
|> install and work smoothly?

(Other questions deleted)

A friend of mine bought a P90 with Adaptec 2940 three weeks ago. The
driver for this controller is still beta, but my friend runs it for two
weeks without any problems.

The server is: ftp.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
filename: /pub/systems/linux/aha274x.

It's a driver for 274x, 284x and 294x.

Hope this helps,

Stefan

|> Hwee Tou Ng

|>
|>
|>

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