At Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:57 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Robert Heller schrieb: > > 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): > > > > > Except that nowadays, some cheap desktop-motherboards may not know how > to enable booting from such a card. > It's years since I used SCSI-drives for desktop-use - and then it was a > workstation-class Dual-Xeon board, Socket 604. > So I can't say if this is still true today - but I've read that people > have problems like that. I *suspect*, given the OP's specific request for a 50-pin external connection that this is for something like a scanner or tape drive, not an internal boot disk. > > > > > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- 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/