From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 14 12:24:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA09817 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:24:03 -0800 Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (ix-sb1-16.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.48]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA09801 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:23:53 -0800 Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA05402; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:23:38 -0800 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:23:37 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: Peter Dufault cc: Wagemans Peter , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 and Adaptec 1542CP? In-Reply-To: <199511141952.OAA03967@hda.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Peter Dufault wrote: > > Recently I acquired the FreeBSD 2.0.5 CD set (locally in the Netherlands), > > based on the claim that the Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI cards are > > supported. However, I don't seem to be able to get the kernel to work with > > my 1542CP card (note the P). Is this card actually supported? > > The 1542CP doesn't work with 2.05. The driver's been fixed to work with > it, and also to hopefully not break that way in the future. 2.1 > supports it properly. Sorry, but I beg to differ. I'm using a FreeBSD 2.0.5 system with a 1542CP to type this message right now. The key is in the SCSI BIOS configuration -- there are several values marked as "you must set this option in a certain way to maintain compatiblity with UNIX and other operating systems" those need to be set up right, or else all sorts of weird things occur. But anyway, the card works! The only thing is, at boot, it says "Unknown card version - VD.0". But that's it -- everything else works beautifully. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 // FAX 564-2315 // WWW http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~dburr PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **