[ubuntu-za] Firewire card

[David Rubin]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Mohamed Yusuff Kikia <moki at mweb.co.za> wrote:
> I am having a bit of a problem finding a firewire card. All the firewire
> cards which I have seen list MS operating systems as system
> requirements/support. Will these cards work with Ubuntu Karmic? I have a
> core 2 Quad 2.33 Ghz PC - Gigabyte G31 Motherboard. These cards cost
> around R170-R200. I need to know if they will work before I buy. Can
> anyone help out here please?
>
> Thanks in advance

Hi

I don't have any first hand experience with firewire but these links
might be of some help.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatvendors3-1-1.html

David