At Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:28 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > for a specific application we need a low-profile SCSI card (PCI) with > external 50pin connector. I thought about getting an "Adaptec SCSI Card > 2930LP". However I was not able to find any usable information about > wether this card is supported by Linux/CentOS 5.x or not. Does anyone > have this card working with a CentOS 5.x machine? ALL Adaptec SCSI Cards (except for a few bleeding edge 64-bit PCI cards) are supported, out-of-the-box using stock kernels on all versions of CentOS (3.x, 4.x, and 5.x): On my CentOS 4.8 box: sauron.deepsoft.com% strings /lib/modules/2.6.9-89.0.16.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko |grep 2930 Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930C Ultra SCSI adapter (VAR) Adaptec 2930 Ultra SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930 Ultra2 SCSI adapter And in a CentOS 5.2 install: sauron.deepsoft.com% strings /CentOS52/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko | grep 2930 Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930C Ultra SCSI adapter (VAR) Adaptec 2930 Ultra SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930 Ultra2 SCSI adapter It is supported. > > Alternatively: Are there any linux-supported low-profile PCI SCSI cards > with 50pin connector which are supported by CentOS 5.x and which you can > recommend? Go with the Adaptec card. > > Thanks in advance > > frank > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/