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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r3:1982 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6570 biz.sco.general:14694 comp.unix.sys5.r4:7572 comp.unix.unixware:6639 comp.os.linux.misc:17432 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2597 comp.periphs.scsi:21647 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:6746 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.onramp.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!guardian.up.edu!not-for-mail From: steve@up.edu (Steve Ward) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r3,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,biz.sco.general,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.unixware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Subject: Re: Anyone using a BusLogic 747S with multiple disk drives ? Date: 19 Jun 1994 22:25:08 -0700 Organization: School of Engineering, University of Portland, Portland OR Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2u397k$94@upsun.up.edu> References: <CrDswJ.7qE@cti-software.nl> <2tl4b0$3e0@rand.org> <2u132p$1t4@u.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: upsun.up.edu In article <2u132p$1t4@u.cc.utah.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> wrote: >In article <2tl4b0$3e0@rand.org> edhall@nntp.rand.org (Ed Hall) writes: >] : 5) What kind of system/motherboard are you using >] >] Nice SuperEISA ver.1 > >It is (or should be) well known that NiCE EISA motherboards do not >support bus mastering DMAs in excess of 16M, just like ISA chip sets. It should be noted that the NiCE Super EISA Rev. 1 DOES USE the SiS chipset, and does work with the BusLogic 747s driver. Perhaps other NiCE motherboards have a problem, but I've not run into it (we use both the SuperEISA and the MiniEISA here). Steve -- Steve Ward, Jr., System operator School of Engineering, University of Portland Portland OR steve@up.edu