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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Q: Adaptec 2742 EISA Fast-SCSI-II Controller working with FreeBSD? Date: 19 Feb 1994 19:15:31 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2k5ogj$i7n@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2k2d3q$5d2@dva.in-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2k2d3q$5d2@dva.in-berlin.de>, Andreas S. W. <mickey@dva.in-berlin.de> wrote: >Hi! >--- > >I am planning to buy the new Adaptec 2742 EISA Fast SCSI-II Controller by >summer, and would like to know if this controller is currently supported >by FreeBSD or if it is compatible with the older 1742 EISA SCSI Controller? This should be in the FAQ. No, it's not compatible and a driver will most likely NOT be written due to Adaptec's non-disclosure policy on it's new controller. Get a Buslogic or Ultrastore. They are both supported and the companies are more open about programming information. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.