[Techtalk] Intel N440BX

[jcv]

With apologies to Raquel who will get this twice - I have a new mailer, 
and didn't reply to the list.

jcv wrote:
 > Hi Raquel!
 >
 > I used to work for the company that bought Symbios, and although that
 > particular card/adapter was out of development and test before I started
 > working there, I used it in compatibility tests with the newer adapters.
 >
 > The adapter should be supported by the sym53c8xx driver, and as an
 > add-in card, I remember it playing nicely with Linux.
 >
 > I don't know anything about the motherboard you are looking at, though,
 > or any potential design-in issues, and all my experience with this
 > adapter is at least 1.5 years old.
 >
 > Hope this helps somewhat!
 >
 > Jeannette
 >
 > Raquel Rice wrote:
 >
 >> I'm looking at buying an Intel N440BX motherboard with dual P3-450.
 >> Does anyone have (recent) experience setting up and running Linux on
 >> one of these boards?  I've tried google and find that it's difficult
 >> to find any anecdotal evidence newer than 1998.  The problem, at the
 >> time, appeared to be with  the "embedded dual-function, PCI SCSI
 >> host adaptor:  Symbios Logic SYM53C876".  I've checked the Linux
 >> Hardware Compatibility HOWTO.  The adaptor isn't listed as
 >> compatible or incompatible.
 >>
 >>
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