From: minyard@crchh7b9 (Corey Minyard) Subject: Re: Seagate ST-01/02 info/experiences Date: 19 Feb 1993 04:34:54 GMT
J.G.E. Olk (eddy@einstein.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
: We're considering hooking up a SCSI tape drive (or SCSI DAT drive)
: with a low-cost, low performance, Seagate ST-01 SCSI controller to a
: 486DX system running Linux (newest kernel of course :-).
: We know there is ST-01/02 driver support in Linux but like to have
: some more information:
: - does the ST-01 work with (all) SCSI tape drives, there's nothing about
: this in the FAQ but we have heard rumors it doesn't.
: - does it work with non-Seagate SCSI hard drives and with CD-ROM drives?
Both a friend of mine and I have an ST-01/ST-02. It will not talk to
the tape drive I have or some disks I have tried. This seems to be related
to a physical problem (Electrical drive capacity, on-board termination, etc.)
and not software, because neither DOS or linux can use them.
: - any `known' problems with it, or bad experiences, that may be
: significant to consider purchasing a different SCSI controller?
I have an Adaptec 1542B at home and the ST-02 at work. I like the
Adaptec a lot more. I don't know if its worth $130 more, but its
a lot better.
Corey
minyard@wf-rch.cirr.com