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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA2840/AHA2842 SCSI support?
Date: 10 May 94 13:39:04 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Keywords: SCSI

In <CpKyvu.8MH@cs.ruu.nl> mhmoolen@cs.ruu.nl (Marcel Moolenaar) writes:

>Hi,

>I'm working quite awhile now with NetBSD. No problems. But now i've got
>the Adaptec AHA2852VL Fast SCSI adapter and found out it wasn't and isn't
>supported yet.

Have you bothered reading the FAQ, or any of the other hundred posts
about this on the newsgroup in the past six months?

>Is someone working on a driver for *BSD?

No.

>Is there any sense in doing it myself?

No.  Unless you can get Adaptec to allow you to get at the low-level
information without paying non-disclosure fees -- don't count on it.

>If so, where can i get any information, moral support, etc?

You can't.  Buy a BusLogic.

>I'm currently working with some other (older) disk with Linux (oh-no),
>but i like NetBSD must more. I hate the idea of having to change to Linux
>only because they support the adaptec in the near future.

They might, and might not get it working.  I don't mean to sound
cruel, but you should have bought a supported controller.  There was
plenty of opportunity to find out that you shouldn't have bought this
one.

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    michaelv@iastate.edu                    Project Vincent Systems Staff
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