Re: [SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?

["Alan Lee" <me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

When I think firewire, I think of fast USB....

Also, think of it this way.  Firewire is new.  Scsi has been around for
sometime.  Scsi you know will work.   Firewire you have no idea :)

Regards, Alan Lee
Ecom Computers Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Rennie" <jwrennie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stepheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?


> > Firewire compares quite favourable with SCSI devices in terms of price.
> > (Am I wrong on this?  Is there a reason for this?)  How well is it
> > supported by Debian / Linux?  How well does it perform, especially when
> > you start a bit of chaining?
>
> I know nothing about it, but there is support in the 2.4 kernels, at least
> to some extent.
>
> Jason
>
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