Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:58:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Didier Derny <didier@omnix.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: vogelke@c17mis.region2.wpafb.af.mil, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NCR 53c875 SCSI controller card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000112075335.18359A-100000@omnix.net> In-Reply-To: <387c15f9.16036028@mail.sentex.net>
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hi, I'm using the tekram 390F (NCR53c875 based) board for more than one year for me the adaptec board were just like hell. all my scsi problems vanished after having replaced the board by tekram 390f. On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Mike Tancsa wrote: > On 11 Jan 2000 01:14:52 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > > > >We're trying to install FreeBSD-3.4 RELEASE on a Pentium PC with three IBM > >18-Gb drives (UltraStar 18ES, model DNES-318350), but sysinstall can't find > >the drive. I think it's because we're using an Adaptec AAA-130U2 series > >card, and from what I've read, there are no FreeBSD drivers for that. > > I dont *think* there is support for this card, at least certainly not in > RAID mode. You might want to ask on the scsi mailing list for the > definitive answer, or better yet, search through the archives as this is a > common question that comes up. > > >The Adaptec 2940UW is mentioned in the Handbook as well. Do you have any > >recommendations for a controller card, or any other configuration advice? > >Are the users of the "builder" host using the NCR card mentioned, and if > >so, are they happy with it? > > I would go with the 2940 as it is probably the best supported. There are > some new drivers in the works for the NCR cards, but they have not yet made > it to the 3.x RELEASE tree. That being said, there are people happily > using the NCR cards, but YMMV. But like I said, go with the Adaptec > 2940UW. > > ---Mike > Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) > Sentex Communications Corp, > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada > "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers > could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) > > > 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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