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cheers,
mike

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Before you buy.

And having said that, I should add that that is my experience on this
Fujitsu H532i Team Server machine I have here.  It probably works fine on
the rock-stable no-name machine I put together from components.  <sigh>
I'll be testing that hypothesis as soon as I have got sendmail working on
our new server and can decommission the old one.

James

PS your other alternative, Mike, is to move over to FreeBSD.  Rock solid,
easy as 3.147..., and works a dream with both the Adaptec and the Tekram.
In addition it is as cheap as Linux, has a 15 year longer development
history and a dedicated corps of helpful users when you get stuck.

Quote:> Well, after reading a few more posts, and evaluating my situation, I
> guess this Adaptec bug (10418 on Bugzilla) may be my problem. Assuming
> it is, can anyone recommend a good SCSI card to purchase for this
> server of mine, which definitely runs under Linux? I need something
> with an Ultra2/LVD connector...

> cheers,
> mike

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> Before you buy.

Quote:> Don't buy the Tekram DC-390U2W.  Nothing against this card but I bought it
> in the hope that the Linux problem was Adaptec-dependant.  It isn't.  The
> Tekram driver doesn't load either - or rather, the NCR driver which this
> Tekram card uses doesn't load.

BTW, I run the 390 with the NCDR53C8XX-driver under Linux 2.2.16 .

cu, Wolfgang.

Quote:> Hmm. The DC-390U2W runs fine here! SCSI-Tape, -Disk and -CDROM. Never
> had a problem. The only annoying thing is that it is kinda slow on
> scanning the bus at the boot stage.

> BTW, I run the 390 with the NCDR53C8XX-driver under Linux 2.2.16 .

Quote:> What mobo, Wolfgang?

cu, Wolfgang.