Re: Is a Tekram DC-390U3W Ultra/160, UW, Ultra SCSI card supported in Woody ?

[Rob Byrnes <robbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>]

At 18:10 17/09/2002 +1000, Michael Lake sent this up the stick:
> I need to put another hard drive in my PC164LX running Potato. I will 
> install Woody onto the new hard drive. What I was wondering is if anyone 
> has used and confirm that the following will work ok with the latest 
> Debian Woody, particularly the controller. Anyone got any experience on 
> this. The hardware was suggestred by a alpha knowledgebale seller but he 
> sugggested I search the debian-alpha lists first. A search of the archives 
> didnrt show anything.
>
> Seagate Cheetah 36G 15K rpm Ultra/160 68-pin LVD drive
> Tekram DC-390U3W Ultra/160, UW, Ultra SCSI card

Should be a real screamer :)  These controllers rock.  My Miata boots off 
it fine as well (srm ver.5-8)

> I have checked at tekram (http://www.tekram.com/) and they mention that 
> the controller has drivers for Debian though i presume they mean Intel.

Yup

> I am informed that the controller uses the SymBIOS chipset.

Correct.

cheers,
Rob