New MB recommendations

Bruce Marshall bmarsh
Tue Feb 27 13:18:17 PST 2007


On Tuesday 27 February 2007 15:27, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 14:51, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >>> Yes, but the CPU isn't the only factor.  The disk controller support in
> >>> the initrd also has to be the same.
> >>
> >> Yes, that's why I would expect to have to pull over the SCSI controller
> >> along with the drives.
> >
> > What is the brand/model of the scsi controller?
>
> It is a Mylex (Buslogic) BT-958 (Ultra Wide SCSI PCI)
> I see lots of Google posts, but not much past 2005, after which the card
> was not made.  Seems to have been a popular card.

Should be ok to move over.  I think even VMware emulates the Buslogic for any 
SCSI you want it to deal with.



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