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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.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: New Future Domain Support??? Date: 10 Dec 1994 17:41:06 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3ccp7i$mad@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <Roy-1012940130150001@adept.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <Roy-1012940130150001@adept.cts.com>, Roy Lovejoy <Roy@AdeptSolutions.com> wrote: >I replace it with a Future Domain TMC-1680 SVP card (SCSI+floppy on one >card). I recalled that Future Domain was one of the supported SCSI cards. >Floppy works fine, get to the FDisk phase of install. FreeBSD don't >understand new SCSI card. You recalled wrongly. :( >Is there any hope on the horizon for this new little wizzy card? Or is >adaptec (for SCSI & Floppy) pretty much the name-of-the-game??? Buslogic is the name of the game. But, you can do what friend of mine did. By a SCSI card w/out a floppy and get a cheapo IDE/floppy card and disable the IDE on it. That way if you ever need to put an IDE drive in it you can. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.