On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 04/07/11 10:23 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
The only PCI-X card I have is an old ICP Vortex RAID controller and the Dell hangs with that installed (BIOS is disabled).
It's only for a tape drive so performance isn't really an issue.
parallel scsi is becoming somewhat archaic, and probably getting harder to find, but I've always liked the LSI Logic scsi cards.
for PCI-X, that would be a LSI-U320, and for PCI-E X4, a LSU20320IE (both those have internal and external and external connectors on the same U320 SCSI channel)
Thanks. I'd seen the supported hardware list but I already know the Vortex works just fine under linux and has for ages. Shame the Dell doesn't boot with it in.
As for the archaic bit this is a brand new LTO 3 drive so it's not something from a rummage sale. I'd have had a SATA one if it was available.