Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2940U2 SCSI Card
From: Jeff Ridder (jridder@gci.net)
Date: Thu Aug 03 2000 - 00:59:51 MDT
According to Adaptec's site, the difference between the cards is the eeprom
on the Mac card is bigger, but thats about it. I suppose you could use a PC
card and it should work, except for getting booted off of it. I may have a
line on a used Mac version if your interested.
Jeff Ridder
jridder@gci.net
> From: Tom Tarka <tommy@mp3.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:49:38 -0700
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Adaptec AHA-2940U2 SCSI Card
>
> Stupid question, but I don't feel like buying a card that won't work
> with Yellowdog, so here goes. The supported hardware page
> says that Adaptec 2940 SCSI cards are supported. Is this inclusive
> of the Adaptec 2940U2 Card and/or is there any difference
> between the Mac and PC versions of this PCI card.
>
> I wouldn't expect there to be, but I know that Initio's Miles u2w
> PC and Mac cards are different enough that the kernel support for the
> PC card doesn't get you anywhere with the Mac card.
>
> Any experience/info appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> t
>
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