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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3672 comp.os.386bsd.questions:13734 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!waraich From: waraich@biostat.wisc.edu (Saad M. Waraich) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: hardware recommendation Date: 9 Oct 1994 23:31:19 GMT Organization: Department of Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lines: 20 Distribution: na Message-ID: <379ug7$mq1@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <379muc$j0j@news.doit.wisc.edu> <MICHAELV.94Oct9175949@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peacock.biostat.wisc.edu Originator: waraich@peacock In article <MICHAELV.94Oct9175949@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: |> In article <379muc$j0j@news.doit.wisc.edu> waraich@peacock.biostat.wisc.edu (Saad M. Waraich) writes: |> |> I am planning to install FreeBSD and Solaris 2.4 on a generic |> 486/50 EISA. The machine currently has an UltraStor 24f which |> is not supported by either BSD or Solaris. |> |> I was thinking of getting an Adaptec 1742A as it seems to be the |> only EISA card that is supported by both. Is it a good/ok card ? |> |> The BusLogic bt747s/c isn't supported by Solaris? Dump Solaris. That I'd more than glad to dump Solaris. Unfortunately I would also have to dump BSD, as the only reason I've been given the machine is to test out Solaris. I just want to make sure that the hardware I get is supported by both as I intend to prove how badly Solaris sucks (I hope!!!). -- Saad