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- From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg)
- Subject: Re: SCSI Controller
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.172120.23570@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
- Keywords: scsi, adaptec, st01
- Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
- References: <ansgarr.724165164@rama>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 17:21:20 GMT
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- ansgarr@rama.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Ansgar Radermacher) writes:
-
- >I have a SCSI harddisk Quantum PD 210s and I want to buy a controller
- >for using it with the PC. I am thinking about the Adaptec 1542, but if there
- >is a cheaper solution (it shouldn't be a slower solution) that can be used
- >with Linux I would like to hear about it.
- >I also considered the Adaptec 1522, but I am not sure if it is supported
- >yet.
- >I heard that the Seagate ST01/ST02 might not work with my drive. Is this
- >true ?
-
- FORGET THE ST01/02 !
- It just costs you a lot of time and money.
- I learned it the hard way.
-
- I too thought having a controller for $30 would be a lot nicer
- than having to pay > $250 (these are the prices here in Germany).
-
- However:
- - the ST01 is not available any more in shops
- - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
- - it depends on the bios version
- - it does not properly work with MY hard disk (Rodime 200 MB)
- - it is not (yet?) really supported by Linux (i.e. will be sloooow).
- - trying different controllers you will have to fdisk every time
- you switch controllers since they map the disk differently, even
- different ST01 controllers do it different (number of tracks and such).
-
- Of course you MIGHT be lucky and save a lot of money.
- But be warned that I WASTED a lot of money (and time!!) trying
- to find a cheaper solution. Linux apparently does not like cheap
- controllers. If there is a small problem, it does not work at all in Linux.
- Right now I have an St01 here that works most of the time under dos
- and it is being detected by Linux but then a few
- seconds later Linux CRASHES with a SCSI timeout message.
-
- Yesterday I gave up and ordered the Adaptec.
-
- Klaus
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