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From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: Anyone using a BusLogic 747S with multiple disk drives ?
Date: 14 Jun 1994 23:57:24 +0200
Organization: A Happy FreeBSD-current Usenet Site
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In article <CrDswJ.7qE@cti-software.nl>,
Pim Zandbergen <pim@cti-software.nl> wrote:
>The problem is that our BusLogic dealer says "the cards work
>just fine with SCO and Netware, it must be your ISC driver"
>and our ISC dealer claims I've got a hardware problem, as the card
>fails with two different ISC drivers.

Maybe problem with ISC's drivers. I have a  747S with two SCSI-2 drives and
a SCSI-1 tape and   have no problem  whatsoever  with accessing  all  three
devices at the same time.

I even know someone (Hi Bob) who have three 747S card with  8 (or 9 ?) disk
drives on one computer...

>	1) Which OS are you running

FreeBSD-current

>	2) Are you using native or aha1540 drivers

Native BusLogic driver  in EISA mode,  no  ISA DMA, Burst  mode, Fast x/fer
rate.

>	3) What is the firmware revision of your card

Firmware 4.70, BIOS 3.37.

>	4) What SCSI drives are you using

Seagate ST-31200N 1 GB
Micropolis MP-1624 642 MB.

>	5) What kind of system/motherboard are you using

Elite EISA/VLB SIS chipset.

>The firmware on my cards is revision 1.37.

Well, are you sure its not 3.37 ?? 1.37 seems very old...
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Ollivier ROBERT                                           roberto@hsc.fr.net
Hervé Schauer Consultants                Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net
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