Re: scsi advice

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Joakim Svensson wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just need some advice/input.
> 
> I have just bought a HP scanjet 6200c and am looking around for a
> scsi card for it. 
> 
> The somewhat pricey Adaptec U2W seems to work very well with linux
> so thats what I have in mind at this moment. 
> 
> Anyone has any suggestions if this will be a good buy. At the
> moment only the scanner will be connected but I will probably use
> it in the future to add for example scsi hard disk. 

Joaki

I thought there was a hardware compatibility HOWTO but I can't find
it. I did find a bunch of controllers that are supported in the
2.0.36 kernel (and following kernels.) Read these files in your
kernel source:

	/usr/src/kernel/2.0.36/drivers/scsi/README*

My experience with Adaptec cards is that they work well, but are
more expensive than some other cards, and they are _quite_ sensitive
to the quality of cables used. Poor cabes give scsi errors that
mimic bad devices. If you buy the absolute best cables, external and
internal, you will be fine. 

Some other controllers are said not to be so sensitive.  I hope
others will be able to advise you on other brands (most of which
work well with Linux)  and maybe tell us where the hardware
compatibility howto.

--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
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