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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Recommend a SCSI controller?
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 05:49:18 GMT

>> On Sun, 21 Jul 1996 10:16:06 -0600, CHaley
>> <chaley@manhattan.mdl.sandia.gov> said:

    C> impressed with it.  However, because Linux tends to be
    C> semi-supportive to cheap hardware, i never realized just how
    C> cheap my hardware was.  After reading an article in some
    C> magazine about how IDE works, i would like to get as far away
    C> from it as possible.  Could anyone suggest a good SCSI
    C> controller to use under a pure BSD system?

Very good decision; you won't regret it.

But still its not necessary to spend a lot of money: Buy an NCR 8xx
SCSI controller. They have an excellent FreeBSD driver, and others
have measured it to be as fast as the 2-3 times more expensive Adaptec
2940 (the most used PCI SCSI controller).

If you want normal SCSI (fast SCSI-II, no wide SCSI etc.) buy the
815. (The 810 can only be used when you have a special motherboard
with BIOS support).
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