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- From: jimc@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (James Carpenter)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: SCSI Controller
- Keywords: scsi, st01
- Message-ID: <1ggs9uINNh2u@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 02:42:06 GMT
- Organization: Masschusetts Institute of Technology
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- In article <1992Dec12.172120.23570@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) writes:
-
- >FORGET THE ST01/02 !
- >It just costs you a lot of time and money.
-
- >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.
-
- Perfect timing. I was about ready to get a ST01 for myself. How many of you
- are having problems with the ST01? I haven't seen too many complaints about
- the ST01 but then again I just got back on the net not too long ago. But if
- there is definitely serious problems with it PLEASE let me know. I would go
- with the Adaptec but my budget is VERY tight.
-
- Any advice???
-
-
-
- Jim Carpenter
-
- jimc@gnu.ai.mit.edu
- CARPENTER@Eisner.DECUS.Org
-