From: drew@hamlet.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: Zeos 486 Adaptec 1520 scsi support Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:39:07 GMT
In article <C0x31t.Cp5@sci.kun.nl> ronaldpi@sci.kun.nl (Ronald Pikkert) writes:
>Recently we received a Zeos 486 system. Today I tried to run Linux on it.
>I could boot from a boot diskette, no problem. The documentation mentions
>that Adapted 154x scsi controllers are supported. Alas the Zeos system has
>a Adaptec 1520 scsi controller.
>Could anybody tell me wether this controller is in any way
>supported.
The 1520 series is not compatable with the 1540 or 1740 series,
so it isn't supported. Poorer hackers end up with boards like the
Seagate at 20% the cost, people in the middle of the market get cheaper
non-adaptec products, and the better off crowd end up with busmastering
1542's and the like, so the situation isn't very likely to change.
If you want support, see about getting technical documentation from Adaptec,
write the code yourself, or bribe someone to do it.
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