> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Clark, Douglas > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Linux on Intel; > > > I have a dual boot Intel box running Windows 2000 sp 4 and SuSE Linux > Enterprise version 9.0. See the output of "uname -a" below. > > uname -a > Linux tsglnux1 2.6.5-7.244-default #1 Mon Dec 12 18:32:25 UTC > 2005 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > This Linux box does not have USB 2.0 and I would like to add > a PCI card > into the system which is supported by both Windows and Linux. I use > this Intel box as my You server that I update my mainframe Linux > environments. What I want to do is backup the internal hard drive on > the Intel box to an external USB hard drive but with the > amount of data > the time it takes over USB 1.1 is over 28 hours! > > Does anyone have a USB 2.0 PCI card they would recommend running in an > Intel box that supported Linux? > > TIA > > Doug >
I have an Adaptec PCI DUO card in my Intel PC. It has both USB 2.0 and Fireware 400 (IEEE 1394) on it. Works fine. I also have an Adaptec DUO Cardbus on my Thinkpad which works. I run SuSE 9.3 on the desktop and 10.0 on the laptop. Just to mention, since this is already off-topic. I just installed Crossover Office on my Linux/Intel desktop system (P5, not the Athlon64). It runs Quicken (my last major Windows application) excellantly. I just got TurboTax and will see if it works with CX. If so, I will no longer have any need for Windows, although I will likely leave Win2K running on the current P4 system (I have 5 desktops - one "dead" due to the CPU fan being inoperative - and 1 laptop - Thinkpad R40e). For speed, have you considered external SATA? My Athlon64, running SuSE 9.3, has its internal HD on SATA and it works excellently. From a fast scan at CompUSA's web site, an external SATA/150 will run around $200 to $250 for a 250Gb drive. There is a Buslink on the site which says it is USB 2.0, Firewire/400, and/or SATA/150 for $200 for a 250Gb drive. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
