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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Wide scsi on BSDI?
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Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 15:21:40 GMT
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In article <42qoeb$6q4@cnj.digex.net>, skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:
> What wide scsi controllers does BSDI support (if any)? I've got an NCR
> 53C825 ("Promise DC540") controller. The BSDI 2.0.1 boot disks don't seem
> to be recognizing it, but I saw a note on the BSDI web site that lead me to
> believe that the NCR chip might be supported. What about the Buslogic
> 956C? Do I have to get rid of my wide drive, or is there some controller
> or magic I can type to make this work?
The NCR support was added in the 2.0.1 update and some of the follow-on
patches. Look on ftp.bsdi.com in bsdi/patches. Note that you need a support
contract to fetch some of these files (but not the README file). On rereading
your message above, it seems you have 2.0.1 already. You might try asking
support@bsdi.com about this.
All BusLogic cards share the same programming interface, so the bha support
in 2.0 should handle the 956 card family just fine. You might need some fancy
footwork to support more than 7 targets on the bus, though. Since most folks
use wide for added bandwidth and not more targets, this probably wouldn't be
a problem for you.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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