Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 12:47:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jamie Howard <howardjp@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI ZIP problems Message-ID: <199808021947.MAA09419@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:10:30 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.95.980801220004.9783A-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu>
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> I have just purchased a new system to run FreeBSD and I pulled the SCSI > ZIP drive (using the ZIP Zoom card) I had in my old system (a dual-boot > FreeBSD/Win95 system) and put it in there. The "Zip Zoom" (Adaptec 1505) card is not well supported, and the problems you're seeing are typical. The continuing lack of support is largely due to the poor performance of the card; supporting it is no fun and the card itself not terribly useful. You would be best off, at this point, to discard the Zoom card and consider the purchase of one of the better-supported, low-cost PCI SCSI controllers, eg. one based on the NCR/Symbios 83c810, which seem to sell for around US$60 or so. Alternatively, a second Adaptec 154x would be suitable. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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