Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.admin From: erc@apple.com (Ed Carp) Subject: Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO Organization: Computer Security Technologies Keywords: Linux hardware compatibility HOWTO Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) Archive-name: linux/howto/hardware Last-modified: 01 Aug 93 LINUX HARDWARE COMPATIBLITY HOWTO VERSION: 0.6 DATE: 01 Aug 93 Note: This list was originally posted by who-knows? I don't remember, and I haven't seen it in a while, so I'll take the responsibility of maintaining this list. Please send your hardware (in)compatibility lists to erc@apple.com. PLEASE put the word "HARDWARE" in your subject line IN CAPS! --------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------------- Welcome to the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. It is my hope that this will be of help to people and that it will do away with a lot of the "Will XXX work with my System?" questions. I also hope that this will help people who want to buy a system to run Linux or are in the process of upgrading their system and want to make sure that the hardware they buy is compatible with Linux (especially for item's such as SCSI controller's and CD-ROM's, and video cards for X). Please be aware that the list NO LONGER contains X hardware specifics. These will be posted as a seperate listing.(along with clocks, settings, etc.) People who have emailed me (erc@apple.com) about specific pieces of hardware that they've gotten to work have their name and email address printed alongside. This is to help others who are having difficulty get help directly from the guilty party. ;) If you are wondering about a specific piece of Hardware and you don't find it in this list all I can say is I don't know at this time but as soon as I find out it will be in the next list. If you find out that it work's from some other source, i.e. a friend or trying it out, PLEASE let me know. Also even though a piece of equipment is on this system doesn't mean that I know how to get it to work with Linux, it is on this list because someone has told me that it works on THEIR system. So if it is on the list and you can't make it work, it sounds like a good time to, in order, do: 1) read ALL the faq's 2) read comp.os.linux.help, and scan the subjects for your XXX 3) email the person listed here who says it works (if any) 3) post AFTER READING comp.os.linux.help and c.o.l.announce. Thanks to everyone that has helped and sent info this list,it is a lot better because of their help! This HOWTO is archived in a number of places, including sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. It is posted periodically to comp.os.linux.announce. NOTEBOOKS: -------------------- Altima 486DX/33 Linux/with X11 Compaq LTE386s/20 (Notebook) (using XFree 1.2) Compaq Contura 3/25 (25 MHZ 386 SL notebook with VGA type grayscale screen and 120 MB hd. Leading Edge 386/25 SLC (erc@apple.com) NEC UltraLite Versa (howard@hal.com) Packard Bell 386SX20 laptop Compudyne 4DX/33 486 notebook with greyscale CCFT lcd screen--- Phoenix bios 1.01, trackball (ps2 mouse compatible) 486 processor & 130 mb toshiba 3.5" drive. Linux 99.5 with X (Runs 386bsd 0.1---you need to bang on the keyboard while it boots, otherwise the keyboard comes up locked) Twinhead(? rumored to be a Alitima/CompuDyne clone) BRAND NAME COMPUTERS -------------------- ACER 1200 Bitwise Compaq Deskpro 386/20 Comtrade Comtrade Local Bus Comtrade EISA/VLB (cae@jpmorgan.com) Dell 486P (486DX2/50) (William Perry, wmperry@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu) Diamond Flower Industries DFI 386-20 DTK EDGE Technology, 486/33DX Hewlett Packard HP QS20 Highscreen Tower 386 Hi Tech USA 486/33 ISA Gateway 2000 33Mhz 386DX Gateway 486 DX2 66V Gateway 486/33V (barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com) Gecko 486-50 Insight 486DX/25 Insight 486DX-50 ISA and EISA IPC 38633 Laser 386SX/2E Microlink 486dx/50 localbus Osborne Computers (Australia) 486/33 EISA Paradise Packard Bell Legend 520 SX Toshiba 1850 laptop Trigem 386v Tyan Pro-EISA, Opti EISA Chip-set PACOMP 486/33 Tandy 4000 Viglen Gene Vobis Highscreen 486DX/33 Xpand 386/40 Zenon 486/33 Local Bus Zeos 486DX2/50 VL-Bus CPU --- Intel 80386 Intel 80386SX Intel 80386SLC Intel 80386DX Intel 80486SX Intel 80486DX AMD AM386SX AMD AM386DX AMD AM386DXL Cyrix 486DLC FPU --- Cyrix FasMath 387/40 IIT 387 (all speeds) Intel 387 (all speeds) ULSI MathCo 387/33 (rumored to have some problems with some versions due to chip bug) MOTHERBOARD ----------- 386 AWP AMI EISA Enterprise II AMI Series 50 Super Voyager 486/33 DX AVM 486DX-50 C386 PEAK-DM CONTAQ-386 Upgradable System Board DTK DTK PEM-2530 ECS EM486/50 (EISA) ECS UL-486 ETEQ G486EB G486PLB G486SLC The Symphony Mainboard - Companion (BIOS AMI 1991) GS3486 HOT-307H 386-33/40 (OPTI chipset) HM386sx ISA486S M407 PC Chips motherboard Magitronic/VLSI V386SX-25Mhz Micronics 80386DX ASIC (Brian Hook, bwh@beach.cis.ufl.edu) Micronics 80486 ASIC EISA Micronics EISA-II motherboard w/8 EISA slots and 64KB cache RAM standard Micronics Gemini 80486DX, Rev. E (Brian Hook, bwh@beach.cis.ufl.edu) MST-386 MST 486A (Armas Inc. ROC) Mylex EISA mae486 Oktec Trout 386 OCTECK 386-33 64K cm PLB-486/50 ST 486 VESA Localbus (OPTI Chipset) (mow@marsu.tynet.sub.org) SUPER 486-33C Symphony 80486 PC/AT chipset T/B, UNICHIP chipset, 386DX25 upgradeable to 486DX50 UMC 386 UMC 80486 Viglen ZIDA 386/33DX-128C BIOS ---- AMI AMI 9-25-88 AMI 07/12/90 AMI (Dated 08/30/90) AMI (Dated 05/05/91) AMI (Dated 7/7/91) AMI 486 ISA (dated 12/12/91) AMI 486/50 Award Microid 1.43 (mow@marsu.tynet.sub.org) Mylex 6.15.92 Phoenix Phoenix Technologies V D.02.05 QS/20 Pheonix 80486 Ver 1.01.22-2 Phoenix 80486/EISA ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.01.22-2 Phoenix C3.04e Quadtel CONTROLLERS (Multifunction) --------------------------- Buslogic 742a Future Domain TMC950 based SCSI/IDE controller + 4 floppies HP Multifunction IDE-PLUS-V3 multi i/o board ISFP multiple IO-card IODE-3290U (IDE/FD/2S/1P/1G) Kouwell KW-556D (2S/1P/game/IDE/floppy) Laser Multi-IO/IDE Card MCT-AIO Serial/Parallel/Game (16550AFN) MIO-16 Multi IO Card PTI-227B Super I/O Card (serial, parallel, IDE) SUPER IDE I/O CARD, model PT-604 Super IDE/FDC MULTI I/O card Modem 827 Version 11 Super I/O MP57 CONTROLLERS (I/O) ----------------- Accent ASYNC-4 4 port serial card BOCA ATI0 Gw2760 EX SUPER IO CARD GW232c mini serial card PC-COMM 4-port card with 16550 uarts ShineCom Multi-User catd LCS-8880 (AST 4-port clone) CONTROLLERS (Floppy) -------------------- Adaptec 1542B (built-in) (but see INCOMPATIBILITIES) CONTROLLERS (Hard Drive) ------------------------ Note: Linux should work with all IDE, MFM, and RLL controllers, pretty much regardless of the version of Linux. RLL --- Mitsubishi 65MB (Brian Hook, bwh@beach.cis.ufl.edu) Seagate ST-11R Seagate ST- 277R (Brian Hook, bwh@beach.cis.ufl.edu) WD 1006V-SR2 MFM --- DTC150x XT (8-bit) MFM HD Seagate ST11M Seagate ST22M MFM controller w/floppy Western Digital WD1003 IDE --- DC600 Caching IDE controller (4Mb RAM) (BIOS Dated 01/24/92 (c) Tekram Tech.) DC 680T ESDI ---- 6280-15TX DTC-6180 DTC-6180-15T Western Digital 1007A-WA2 CONTROLLERS (SCSI) ------------------ Adaptec AHA1542B (but see INCOMPATIBILITIES) Adaptec AHA-1742A, BIOS version 1.34 (in enhanced mode) Adaptec AHA1740 Adaptec AHA-1740 SCSI-2 controller (BIOS v1.34) in Enhanced Mode Buslogic 445s Future Domain SCSI Model 1680 Future Domain SCSI card, TMC-850 (works with kernel 0.99p4+) Future Domain SCSI card, TMC-950 chip MYLEX DCE376 EISA SCSI controller (in WD emulation mode only) Seagate ST-02 UltraStor SCSI 7000FASST SCSI WD7000fasst SCSI Card, firmware rev 5.0 (only works with .99+) SOUND BOARDS ------------ ATI Stero F/X ProAudio Spectrum-16 (but see INCOMPATIBILITIES) SoundBlaster SoundBlaster PRO HARD DRIVES (RLL) ----------------- CDC Wren II Micropolis 1325 (108MB) Toshiba ((105MB) used as 68MB MFM) HARD DRIVES (MFM) ----------------- CDC Wren II Computer Memories Inc. 6426-S (20 MB, Full-height) Maxtor (68MB) Seagate 251-1 Seagate ST225 Seagate ST296N Tandon 262 (20 MB) HARD DRIVES (IDE) ----------------- All should work and the following have been verified. ** PLEASE DON'T EMAIL ME WITH IDE HD'S UNLESS THEY DON'T WORK! ** Alps DR312C (202MB) Conner CP3204F Conner (210MB) Fujitsu (520MB) Fujitsu 2652S Fujitsu M2624-T (490meg) Maxtor 7120A (120MB) Maxtor 7213A (213MB) Maxtor LXT340AT (340MB) Maxtor XT 1140 (140MB) Maxtor (340MB) Miniscribe 8051A Miniscribe 8380 Seagate (44MB) Seagate ST125A Seagate ST1102A (85MB) Seagate ST1144A (124Mb) Seagate ST1239A (211MB) Seagate ST3120A Seagate ST3144A (120/130MB IDE) Seagate ST351A/X (44MB) Seagate ST157AT Seagate ST3283A (245Mb) Quantum ELS 170AT (170MB) Quantum LPS120AT (120 MB) Quantum Prodrive LPS 240 AT Quantum Prodrive 80AT Quantum (240MB) Western Digital AC280 (80MB) Western Digital AP-4200 (200 MB) Western Digital (120MB) Western Digital AC2200 (210MB) Western Digital WDAC3400 (340MB) HARD DRIVES (ESDI) ------------------ Fujitsu M2249E (320MB) Imprimis (300MB) Imprimis (360MB) NEC ESDI (350MB) HARD DRIVES (SCSI) ------------------ All should work and the following have been verified. CDC WREN VI (700MB) Fujitsu M2614 Fujitsu M2624 (520Mb SCSI) Maxtor 7120SCS Maxtor LXT-200S Maxtor LXT-340-SY (324MB) Maxtor XT8380S Maxtor XT8760S Maxtor PO-12S (1.2GB) Micropolis 1542 (330MB) Micropolis 1664 (340MB) Seagate ST277N (60MB) Seagate ST296N Seagate ST41200 (1000MB) Seagate ST41650 (1400MB, but only 1000MB accessible) Quantum ProDrive P80S Quantum ProDrive 105s Quantum ProDrive 80s TAPE DRIVES (SCSI) ------------------ Archive Viper 150MB (erc@apple.com) Caliper CP-150 (QIC) (aka Commodore A4070) (barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com) Exabyte EXB-4200 (2GB DAT) (john@linux.demon.co.uk) Sankyo CP150SE tapestreamer Sankyo CP525 TANDBERG 3600 streamer, using 250MB DC6250 cardriges Wangtek 5525ES Wangtek 5150ES Wangtek PC36 adapter/5099EN 60MB drive CD-ROM DRIVES -------------------- All SCSI should work and the following have been verified. ** PLEASE DON'T EMAIL ME WITH SCSI CD-ROM'S UNLESS THEY DON'T WORK! ** Matsushita/Kotobuki/Panasonic CR-5xx series *Mitsumi/Radio Shack NEC CDR-74 *Sony CDU-541 *Sony CDU-535 (erc@apple.com) Soundblaster CD-ROM Texel DM-3024 Toshiba 3401 (barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com) *Internal Sony CDU-31a CD ROM drive and proprietary Sony interface card DEC RRD42 (Michael Griffith, grif@yenko.ucr.edu) * = Some require drivers not in the stock kernel - see the Linux Software Map - sunsite:/pub/Linux/docs/LSM for those drivers. NETWORK CARDS ------------- wd8013 \ wd8003 >--These will work by default with the kernel SMC Elite 16 / Novell/Eagle NE2000 ne1000 3com503 EtherlinkII 3c503 EtherlinkII/16 Cnet UTP 10baseT (NE 2000 emulation) PE-8013 (WD-8013 Compatible) SIIG Inc E-Lan/200 (NE 2000 comp.) SMC Plus Elite Compex ENET16-COMBO (Michael Griffith, grif@yenko.ucr.edu) PRINTERS -------- Apple Personal LaserWriter NTR Brother HL-4PS Brother HJ100 BJ200(Cannon?) Canon BJ 10e Canon LPB4+ Citizen Swift 24 Dec Writer III Diablo 630 Epson Action Laser II Epson LQ 400 Epson LQ-570 EPSON LX800 Epson RX-80 HP Deskjet 500 HP Laserjet II (barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com) HP Laserjet III w/Postscript HP Laserjet III w/Pacific Page PE/XL PS Cartidge HP Laserjet IIIp HP Think Jet Infoscribe 1000 Kodak Diconix 150 ink jet Kodak Diconix 150 plus KX-P1124 NEC Pinwriter P6 NEC P2200XE NEC P5300 dot matrix NEC SilentWriter 95 Olivetti DM290 Panasonic KXP-P1091 Panasonic KX-P2124 Panasonic 1624 Seikosha SL-80AI Star LC10 colour STAR LC 24/10 Tandy TRS-80 Printer MODEMS ------ ATI 9600etc CASE Quattro 2400 Dallas Fax 9696 Digicom Scout+ (internal 14.4kbps v32bis/v42bis/MNP2-5) Discovery 2400C Everex (2400) MNP5 FasTalk 2400 II Galaxy UFO Gateway 2000 TelePath Data/Fax Modem (only with 0.99.10+) (Daniel Quinlan, quinlan@spectrum.cs.bucknell.edu) GVC 9600 v.42bis Logicode Technology- QuickTel 9600 V.32/V.42bis Maestro Data Optimizer Maestro 2400XR MegaHertz C424FM (internal Compaq-compatable modem) Multitech v.32 external Packard Bell internal 1200 P.C. Logic 144I, V32bis & V42bis Practical Peripherals PM14400FXSA V.32BIS Quikkomm (2400) SEL Panther 4 (2400bps) Smartlink 9614AV - 14.400 highspeed modem from Archteck Supra Faxmodem V.32bis Supramodem 2400 Swan 2400 baud Telebit T2500 (19.2k) Turbo modem (v.32, v.42, v.42bis) US Robotics Courier (2400) US Robotics - Courier HST Dual Standard US Robotics v.32bis US Robotics Sportster (newer model) v.32bis (Ed Carp, erc@apple.com) Zoom 2400 Internal Zoom 2400 External w/SendFax Zoom FaxModem 14.4k Zoom 14.4k raw ZyXEL 1496-E ZyXEL U-1496E (v.32bis/v.42bis/FOX external modem) MICE ---- A-Tech serial (switch set to Mouse Systems emulation) A4TECH (Taiwan) Serial emulates MS-Mouse w/2 Buttons Agiler (Microsoft/Mouse System) ATI Busmouse Artec M-22 (3-button) Artec serial optical (mouse systems/microsoft) Genius GM-F303 Genius GM-6 (microsoft compat) Genius GM-6000 2/3 buttons serial mouse Laser Microsoft/MouseSystem compatible Logictech Dexxa mouse (acts like a Microsoft mouse) Logitech FirstMouse serial version Logitech MouseMan Logitech Pilot Serial (3 buttons) Logitech series 9 Logitech Series 14, 2 Button Logitech Trackman 3Button (flakey at best) Keen three button serial Kensington Expert Mouse (trackball) Inland Mouse Plus (emulates MicroSoft or Mouse Systems) MicroSoft Serial Microsoft Ballpoint mouse Mouse Systems Serial M-O-U-S-E mouse (taiwan) Osborne (Microsoft Compat.) PC accessorys MCST Primax three buttoned mouse (Microsoft/MouseSystems) Qtronix Quickshot QS-159 Viglen mouse, 3 buttons, can't get the middle button to work in X Z-Nix (Microsoft Compatible) OTHER ----- vt320 terminal (IRQ 10 from HP multi-function card) vt220 terminal on COM2 tvi-925 terminal INCOMPATIBILITIES ----------------- From: mow@marsu.tynet.sub.org The ProAudio Spectrum 16 does not work properly in combination with the Adaptec 1542B. This is due to both card's busmastering feature. NeXTSTEP/Intel even crashes with this configuration. -- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 510/659-9560 anon-0001@khijol.uucp If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel! -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"