On Tuesday, November 17, 1998 7:31 PM, Peter Nann [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
> Apparently, SCSI support is integrated with BOTH Adaptec "AIC-7890
> Ultra-2/LVD SCSI" AND "AIC-7860 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-3". Will these be OK for
> Linux? (Or should that question go to the Kernel list???)
I've never had any problems with Dell on-board Adaptec 7xxx SCSI, but others
may disagree.
> Also, there is a choice of 100Mbit NICs between "Intel Pro 100B" and "3Com
> 3C905". Any preferences between them for linux support, SMP behaviour, or
> just general behaviour?
Well, definitely don't get the 3C905, at least as a separate card. Unless it
is an older chip (3905"A") which is a beautiful NIC all around, you will have
unnecessary grief. 3Com decided to cut their manufacturing costs and made a
different card (still called 3C905, however) and declared it to be "revision
B". Of these, there are "assemblies" #100, #400 and #410. I have the #400
version in one of my machines and it was a disaster to set up. With the
latest drivers for both NT and Linux, it did eventualy start working, but
theare are still some quirks. For example, a power-down is required to
reboot into Linux after running NT (some nasty card sleep mode), etc. I've
heard that assembly #100 has more serious problems, while #410 is better in
some ways.
Just try searching for "3C905 and linux" under "dejanews" -- I certainly wish
I'd done that before getting my 905B.
-- Eugene
