From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 17 13:30:03 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id NAA18263 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Dec 1994 13:30:03 -0800 Received: from uclink3.berkeley.edu (uclink3.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.136.74]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA18257 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 1994 13:30:01 -0800 Received: from uclink.berkeley.edu by uclink3.berkeley.edu (8.6.8/1.33(web)-OV2) id NAA01303; Sat, 17 Dec 1994 13:29:59 -0800 Received: by uclink.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/1.33(web)-OV4) id NAA01329; Sat, 17 Dec 1994 13:29:57 -0800 From: gibbs@uclink.berkeley.edu (Justin Theodore Gibbs) Message-Id: <199412172129.NAA01329@uclink.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: Upgrade info To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 13:29:56 -0800 (PST) Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: from "Chuck Robey" at Dec 17, 94 02:44:31 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1670 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > My last finals are nearly over, so I'm gonna upgrade my machines to 2.0 now. > On the machine that will be changed over from SVR4, I'm changing the ESDI > disk to a SCSI, to get around this bad144 thing, which raises a question > for me. My other machine runs a Adaptec 1542C, but both machines are now > 486DX66 VL bus, so I'm wondering, in the context of FreeBSD, should I get > another 1542 or should I go to the VL bus controller, I think it's the > 2842 (?). Are there any compatiblity considerations? I just aquired a 2842 to test out the aic7770 driver with. Working fine so far. There is still a strange bug that can show up on boot that I'm trying to track down. I get it about once every 20 boots or so. When you probe a target, an SCB is lost in the kernel driver (a scheduled command) and the card reports command complete on it. It is non destructive and usually goes away with a warm boot. Now that I have a little time on my hands myself, I'll be spending more time tracking it down. The 2842 is a much faster adaptor than the 154x series (I have one of those too). > > Thanks for the help, I'll be writing the check next Tuesday, so I need > the info soon...... > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 7608 Topton St. | > New Carrollton, MD 20784 | I run Journey2 (Esix SVR4) and n3lxx (FreeBSD) > (301) 459-2316 | > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- -- Justin