> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 16 16:33:31 2000
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 10:42 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Fw: Adaptec AAA-133U2 Raid Controller support
> >
> >
> > Whoever "assured" you didn't know what they were talking about.
> > This controller is not supported by Linux AT ALL. It will not
> > work. It is a windows-only product.
> [snip]
>
> To add a little more detail, Adaptec has decided that they do not want this
> product to work under Linux. The AAA-13X series cards perform ALL raid in
> SOFTWARE, using custom drivers that Adaptec has written. I was under the
> impression that this card would not even be recognized as a standard SCSI
> card, so seeing the drives at all is almost a miracle. I've used cards by
> DPT (SmartRAID V), and AMI (HP OEM'ed). I prefer the DPT cards, but I
> haven't used the AMI cards under Linux.
The Adaptec doesn't even work well with NT. I tried them with NT4 and
had serious reliability issues.
> P.S. It's not a "windows-only" product, it is also supported under Novell
> Netware 4 and 5.
Yes, I'd forgotten about Netware (an easy mistake to make). 8-)
Cheers,
Chris
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Christopher Mauritz
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