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The last driver update on the Adaptec site is from 2005. No Vista, noWindows 2008 Server. Nor Windows 7 (beta).Are there any built-in drivers in any of these OSes?
For either 32-bitor 64-bit versions? Or, do I need to replace this card if I migratemy system?This isn't just an adapter question. I'm planning to upgrade mysystem with an ASUS P6T motherboard probably around June.
There areseveral versions of this board with and without PCI-X slots. Dependingon the answer to this question, I would choose the appropriate versionof this board.daytripper22.01.09 19:25.
If the 39160 is yet another member of the AIC-7xxx family of chips (andI am pretty sure it is), the stock AIC-7xxx driver should work. Almostall of the Adaptec 2940, 29160, 39160, and various integreted PCI SCSIcontroller chips use some flavor of AIC-7xxx chipset. Since Adaptec.publshes. the tech spec for these chips, there is probably a built-indriver on the O/S distro disk of virtually every 32 and 64 bit O/S.-Robert Heller - 978-544-6933Deepwoods Software - Download the Model Railroad System- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows-Michael Baeuerle23.01.09 7:00. My 2.6.9-67.0.22.EL (CentOS 4.7 / RHEL 4.7) kernel does include a driverfor the AIC79xx chips:% ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.ko. aic7xxx.ko.It appears the AIC-77xx (EISA) and AIC-78xx (PCI) are the Fast throughU160 chips and the AIC-79xx (PCI-X) are U320 chips.So under Linux all of the aic-7xxx chips are supported. I'd besupprised if the MS-Windows Vista installer disk did NOT include somesort of driver for the 39160 board.
I don't think.anyone. needs tobother going to the Adaptec site for drivers for these common boardtypes and I suspect Adaptec no longer bothers to build their own drivers- they just publish the device specs and the O/S support people justwrite (or patch) drivers to support the newer boards as they come out. Micha-Robert Heller - 978-544-6933Deepwoods Software - Download the Model Railroad System- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows-Andrew Hamilton29.01.09 17:32. On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:08:44 -0600, Robert Heller wrote:sort of driver for the 39160 board. I don't think.anyone.
needs tobother going to the Adaptec site for drivers for these common boardtypes and I suspect Adaptec no longer bothers to build their own drivers- they just publish the device specs and the O/S support people justwrite (or patch) drivers to support the newer boards as they come out.That's nice IF you are the market leader in a given category, e.g.Adaptec. But what if are a minor player? MS can't possibly writedrivers for every SCSI card eve made. And they don't.For me, as a consumer, it's an argument in favor of Adaptec or maybean LSI-Logic-based card.-AHdaytripper29.01.09 19:25.
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:32:17 -0800, Andrew Hamilton wrote:On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:08:44 -0600, Robert HellerWell sure it is. And it's not obvious if you have a complaint or not;-)Bottom line is one rarely if ever needs to go to Adaptec to find drivers forMS operating systems. Sure, the fact that Adaptec was very successfulmarketing their product line for decades couldn't have hurt - and there's alsoa good possibility that Adaptec provided funding and/or other assistance tohelp it happen.If the playing field isn't level for all teams, so what? That's business.Just ask the DEC Alpha team, or the MIPS developers.Cydrome Leader29.01.09 19:40. On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:40:08 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader wrote: For me, as a consumer, it's an argument in favor of Adaptec or maybe an LSI-Logic-based card.To reply to an earlier post, I'm not really, really complaining.
It'sjust that I like markets with vigorous competition. The prime exampleof a market without such is the PC OS market, and we all know how thathas turned out. And as 'exhibit B,' there is the market for 'officeproductivity suites.' These days, you really don't have much of a choice.
There are no longerdozens of SCSI card vendors and chipset makers.As you mentioned, your choices are Adaptec or LSI- it makes things prettyeasy.It means if you pick one of those two, you may pay a bit more upfront,but you get a longer life out of the system containing that card.-AHAndrew Hamilton29.01.09 22:51. Andrew Hamilton wrote: On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:40:08 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader wrote: For me, as a consumer, it's an argument in favor of Adaptec or maybe an LSI-Logic-based card.
To reply to an earlier post, I'm not really, really complaining. It's just that I like markets with vigorous competition.
The prime example of a market without such is the PC OS market, and we all know how that has turned out. And as 'exhibit B,' there is the market for 'office productivity suites.' Well, I've not seen anybody come up with a desktop OS that can even touchwindows.
Pain peter egoscue pdf online. I'd try something else, but nobody can come up with anythingdecent.These days, you really don't have much of a choice. There are no longerdozens of SCSI card vendors and chipset makers.As you mentioned, your choices are Adaptec or LSI- it makes things prettyeasy. It means if you pick one of those two, you may pay a bit more upfront, but you get a longer life out of the system containing that card.AHA third player in chipsets for SCSI might be nice as it might drop pricesa bit, even though they're not that awful anymore.Eric Gisin30.01.09 10:41. 'Andrew Hamilton' wrote in messagenews:ool4o4lb5ff88aqtmitl5n2285qi93dv2v@4ax.com. On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:08:44 -0600, Robert Heller wrote:sort of driver for the 39160 board.
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I don't think.anyone. needs tobother going to the Adaptec site for drivers for these common boardtypes and I suspect Adaptec no longer bothers to build their own drivers- they just publish the device specs and the O/S support people justwrite (or patch) drivers to support the newer boards as they come out. That's nice IF you are the market leader in a given category, e.g. Adaptec. But what if are a minor player?
MS can't possibly write drivers for every SCSI card eve made. And they don't.MS does not write SCSI drivers, LSI and Adaptec do. There are copyrights in SYS files.MS write drivers for legacy and open-standard devices like ATA/SATA, USB, and PCI.I know this because the NT4 DDK contains many sample drivers.meaje16.05.09 4:13.
Cydrome Leader;926758 Wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:40:08 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader wrote: color=darkred Well, I've not seen anybody come up with a desktop OS that can even touch windows. I'd try something else, but nobody can come up with anything decent.Why haven't you tried the Linux RedHat OS's (CentOS, Fedora Core,WhiteBox.), or the Debian OS's (Debian, Ubuntu, Knopix.). TheseOS's are very mature and have almost no reasons not to be in use on thedesktop. Web Browsing is using a mature Mozilla product commonly knownas Firefox most current versions of Linux are using Firefox 3.x.Document Creation / Edditing is again mature with the use of Open Office(formerly known as Star Office by Sun Microsystems) with the currentversions using the 3.x versions of Open Office which by most accountinggives a good run for the money against MS Office.
Development can bedone in the Linux Unix world with a great tool known as Eclipse.Eclipse is a great tool for development and can be used for almostanything from Web Sites to C, or Java programming. The only thing Ican think of that would hold me back from switching ALL of my computersover to Linux / Unix is the little problem of playing games. In thisarena MS has done a great job with technologies like DirectX andmantaining contacts with the game software developers.
But if you havean older PC that you want to make into a great Web Browser or DocumentEditor, check out Fedora, or CentOS for a great Free OS that in a lot ofways gives even Vista a run for it's money.-Jeff Means:).