The Drivers in the 2.0.X Kernels are all slightly slow with aic7xxx controllers.
2.2.X ( I use 2.2.1 ) are quiet a lot faster with this controllers. I would
recommend you create a 2.2.X Kernel on another Box and install it on the Dell
machine :))
Regards
Michael Bielicki
On 04-Feb-99 Anthony Schlemmer wrote:
>
> The latest AIC7xxx driver can be found at the following sites:
>
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic.
> ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx
>
> "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
>>
>> At Cornell, we've been having any new systems built by CSI in
>> CO....VERY solid systems, and NO problems. Cornell last year
>> negotiated special pricing with Dell, and the "bean counter" in my
>> dept. thought that we should get a Dell for our new server....I didn't
>> have much choice. It's a Poweredge 2300...nice black metal case, LOTS
>> of air flow with good fans, etc., etc. However, it has an Adaptec
>> 7890 embedded on the MOB (NOT my choice for a controller for sure).
>> SuSE 5.3 will NOT "see" the 2 Segate Baracudas. I called SuSE in CA
>> today to find out if that controller is supported, and I was told that
>> I could call tech. support tomorrow after 11:00 pacific time.
>> Wonderfull.....the sales dept. can't tell me if 6.0 is going to
>> support this controller. Redhat 5.2 does ship with the
>> driver...already checked on that. I'd like to put 6.0 on the "beast,"
>> but I'm not going to wait for a driver that SHOULD have shipped with
>> 5.3. Oh yes...forgot. Dell has "cut" a deal with Redhat......oh
>> well.
>>
>> Fred
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