Adaptec 2940UW vs Atto ExpressPCI UL2D

Chris Ruprecht yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Oct 9 19:43:01 2002


I have the 2940UW and OS X 10.1.5 did NOT recognize the card at all in my=
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9600/233 (Now 9600/G4/400 ;-).
The OS X 10.1.x install went flawlessly with the Sonnet driver and after =
I=20
upgraded the driver, the 10.2 upgrade worked just as well. The box is now=
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running 10.2.1, it's being used as a file server and for burning CDs - an=
d=20
no, I'm not going to put Linux on there, I have 3 other boxes running tha=
t=20
=2E..

Best regards,
Chris

On Wed October 9 2002 19:47, Stefan Jeglinski wrote:
> Any caveats about use or performance comments regarding these two
> cards? I currently have the 2940UW in a 9500 and it runs with Linux
> fine. I'm going to attempt to install OSX on this box and am
> suspicious that the Adaptec will flake out as per other reports. The
> Atto card is a pull with Apple ROMs and I figure my chances with OSX
> are better, but I don't want to compromise or break Linux either.
>
> If in Linux they both work fine, are there any performance
> differences that anyone knows about?
>
>
> Stefan Jeglinski
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