Re: scsi card compatibility under Debian
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 12:57, Mark Seven Smith wrote:
> First of all, I am stunned to find a site like
> http://lhd.datapower.com; so, I thank you very much! :-)
>
> Now, I also have the /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/scsi
> directory on my system, because I recently was diligently
> re-compiling my kernel for the first time (it worked!
> Hooray! :-)
>
> Anyway, there are a lot of cards that are compatible; and I
> was wondering, if anyone had some ideas on where to start:
> are Adaptec cards a good way to go? It is fairly easy to
> look up cards on eBay with the keywords "scsi adaptec";
> this way, I am not overwhelmed with selections. I will do
> a lot of reading to find out which cards are better than
> others, etc.; but any ideas would be appreciated.
The Adaptec 2940 is a mainstream SCSI card that you should be able to
get for <$20. It works with Linux since a long long time ago. I have
several of these and their derivatives (2940UW, 2940U2W, 29160). They
all work great.
To minimize cost, you want to get a SCSI card with the same connector as
your scanner. This is probably either DB25 -- looks like a parallel
port -- or HD50. Assuming that your scanner came with a cable, you want
to get a SCSI card with the appropriate connector, so you don't need to
spend anything on cable adapters. For an HD50 connector get the 2940.
For the DB25 connector, get a 2904.
Most adaptec PCI cards use the aic7xxx driver.
-jwb
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