Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:14:00 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SCSI card recommendations Message-ID: <003d01c16db5$e272b140$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <F138Q6XZ6dh9ts6eIH90000c31d@hotmail.com>
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I tried to install a 29160N and it generated spurious interrupts and parity errors. I don't think this was a hardware defect, just a consequence of having a card that was too fast for the rest of the machine. I then discovered that it's not on the hardware list for FreeBSD (I am running 4.3). I replaced it with a 2930UW, and now everything works perfectly. Unless you really need U160 (and it sounds like you don't have anything that requires it at the moment), consider a cheaper card. I only needed the card for external things like tape drives, so a 29160N was overkill, anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 08:58 Subject: SCSI card recommendations > I notice that the only difference listed on the Adaptec website betweenthe > Ultra-160 29160N and the 19160 is OS compatibility. The cheaper one, of > course, being less compatible. The 19160 IS listed in hardware.txt. Are > there any real differences between the two? > Is it real modem VS Winmodem, or AthlonXP vs AthlonMP (Only difference is > price and official support--identical hardware) > > Additionally, are there any more recommended Ultra160 cards in the > $200(internet price) range? The card must support internal wide ultra SCSI > and narrow ultra SCSI for my CD-ROM drives, and of course internal U160 SCSI > for the SCSI hard drive that I will probably never actually buy. > > Thanks > > Charles Burns > > PS--Is Hotmail mutilating this text? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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