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To: MALCOLM BOFF <100305.2043@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2940 
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Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 08:35:04 -0700
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com>
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>FROM : 100305.2043@compuserve.com
>
>I recently purchased the FreeBSD CD-ROM from Walnut Creek and I have
>been unable to install. When booting from the boot disk I do not see
>the disks (sd0, sd1) and (F)edit requests a disk number which therefore
>takes me no further. The info on boot scrolls so quickly that I cannot read
>it so I assume that it does not understand my SCSI adapter which is an
>Adaptec AHA-2490/2940W PCI-to Fast SCSI. Is there anything I can do about
>this ? I cannot see any source code that creates the disk image 'floppies\boot
>.flp'
>so I am stuck !
>
>Any help appreciated !
>
>Malcolm G. Boff

The 2940 was not supported in 2.0R.  2.0.5 does support that controller and
should be availible shortly.
--
Justin T. Gibbs
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