Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:13:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 7895 On-Board SCSI Controller Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.980420110501.14752C-100000@george.arc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <v04003a0bb141cbdc76cb@[208.140.182.45]>
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Cory Kempf wrote: [somebody wrote:] > >>I'm thinking about buying the 333mhz pentium ii and > >>intel dk 440lx m/b, usb, wol, agp chipset, crystal audio, > >>dual scsi, raid connection. Which I understand is using > >>Adaptec 7895 MB controller. Will this work with FreeBSD? The new BX-based boards from Supermicro also use the 7895. It seems to be catching on. So, although it may not be what people prefer, I guess we will have to live with it. > >You need to run -current, you need CAM, and (last I checked), you need to > >have a kernel based on the March 12 source base. > > > >To install, you will need the CAM based floppy kernel. Look in /incomming. > >Once you have installed, and installed the cam-kernel via the fixit floppy, > >you will need to boot with -a at the boot prompt -- at least I did. > > > >Not sure that AGP is working, I chickened out and went with PCI for my > >first graphics card. Why would the 7895/SCSI affect AGP? > >So far, I don't have working audio or serial, and have not tried RAID. > > > >Good luck: you will need it. Well, it has been a while now. Any update on the status of how well the 7895 code is working? Is it kind-of/sort-of safe to use now? Several new and possibly attractive boards are using the 7895. -- Hugh LaMaster, M/S 233-21, ASCII Email: hlamaster@mail.arc.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Or: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 No Junkmail: USC 18 section 2701 Phone: 650/604-1056 Disclaimer: Unofficial, personal *opinion*. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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