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If you look inside either directory, you’ll see a list of filenames ending in .I (for IDE) or .S (for SCSI). (The filenames are the same in both directories; it doesn’t matter from this point which directory you grab the image from.) Each image supports a different set of hardware; a list of the files and supported hardware is in Tables 2.1 (for IDE bootdisks) and 2.2 (for SCSI bootdisks).

Table 2.1 Linux IDE Bootdisks and Supported Hardware
Filename Supported Hardware
aztech.i CD-ROM drives: Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CD-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD110, Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CR520, CR540
bare.i IDE hard-drive only
bareapm.i IDE hard-drive plus advanced power management BIOS support (for laptops).
barepnp.i IDE hard-drive plus experimental plug-and-play BIOS support.
cdu31a.i Sony CDU31/33a CD-ROM
cdu535.i Sony CDU531/535 CD-ROM
cm206.i Philips/LMS cm206 CD-ROM with cm260 adapter card
fat32.i Like bare.i, with experimental FAT32 support.
goldstar.i Goldstar R420 CD-ROM (sometimes sold in a Reveal Multimedia Kit)
mcd.i Non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM
mcdx.i Improved non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM support
net.i Ethernet support
optics.i Optics Storage 8000 AT CD-ROM (know as the “Dolphin” drive)
sanyo.i Sanyo CDR-H94A CD-ROM
sbpcd.i Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, Creative Labs (SoundBlaster), Longshine, and TEAC non-IDE CD-ROM
xt.i MFM hard drive

All IDE bootdisks support IDE hard drives and CD-ROM drives, plus additional support listed in table.

Table 2.2 Linux SCSI Bootdisks and Support Hardware
Filename Supported Hardware
7000fast.s Western Digital 7000FASST SCSI
advansys.s AdvanSys SCSI support
aha152x.s Adaptec 152x SCSI
aha1542.s Adaptec 1542 SCSI
aha1740.s Adaptec 1740 SCSI
aha2x4x.s Adaptec AIC7xxx SCSI (including AHA-274x, AHA-2842, AHA-2940, AHA-2940W, AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW, AHA-2944D, AHA-2944WD, AHA-3940, AHA-3940W, AHA-3985, AHA-3985W)
am53c974.s AMD AM53/79C974 SCSI
aztech.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus CD-ROM support for Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CD-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD110, Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CR520, CR540
buslogic.s Buslogic MultiMaster SCSI
cdu31a.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus CD-ROM support for Sony CDU31/33a
cdu535.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus CD-ROM support for Sony CDU531/535
cm206.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus Philips/LMS cm206 CD-ROM with cm260 adapter card
dtc3280.s DTC (Data Technology Corp.) 3180/3280 SCSI
eata_dma.s DPT EATA-DMA SCSI (boards such as PM2011, PM2021, PM2041, PM3021, PM2012B, PM2022, PM2122, PM2322, PM2042, PM3122, PM3222, PM3332, PM2024, PM2124, PM2044, PM2144, PM3224, PM3334)
eata_isa.s DPT EATA-ISA/EISA SCSI support (boards such as PM2011B/9X, PM2021A/9X, PM2012A, PM2012B, PM2022A/9X, PM2122A/9X, PM2322A/9X)
eata_pio.s DPT EATA-PIO SCSI (PM2001 and PM2012A)
fat32.s Like scsi.s, but with experimental FAT32 support.
fdomain.s Future Domain TMC-16x0 SCSI
goldstar.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus Goldstar R420 CD-ROM (sometimes sold in a Reveal Multimedia Kit)
in2000.s Always IN2000 SCSI
iomega.s IOMEGA PPA3 parallel-port SCSI (also supports parallel-port version of the ZIP drive)
mcd.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus standard non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM
mcdx.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus enhanced non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM
n53c406a.s NCR 53c406a SCSI
n_5380.s NCR 5380 and 53c400 SCSI
n_53c7xx.s NCR 53c7xx, 53c8xx SCSI (most NCR PCI SCSI controllers usethis driver)
optics.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus support for the Optics Storage 8000 AT CD-ROM (the “Dolphin” drive)
pas16.s Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16 SCSI
qlog_fas.s ISA/VLB/PCMCIA Qlogic FastSCSI! (also supports Control Concepts SCSI cards based on the Qlogic FASXXX chip)
qlog_isp.s Supports all Qlogic PCI SCSI controllers, except the PCI-basic, which is supported by the AMD SCSI driver
sanyo.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus Sanyo CDR-H94A CD-ROM
sbpcd.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, Creative Labs (SoundBlaster), Longshine, and TEAC non-IDE CD-ROMs
scsi.s All supported SCSI controllers.
scsipnp.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus experimental plug-and-play card support.
scsinet.s All supported SCSI controllers, plus full Ethernet
seagate.s Seagate ST01/ST02 and Future Domain TMC-885/950 SCSI
trantor.s Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI
ultrastr.s UltraStor 14F, 24F, and 34F SCSI
ustor14f.s UltraStor 14F and 34F SCSI


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