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#! rnews 2063 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!ccadfa!jsoh From: jsoh@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Jeremy Hamlyn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec 2490 Ultra/Wide on BSDI Date: 19 Jan 97 22:42:57 GMT Organization: ADFA News Service Lines: 47 Message-ID: <jsoh.853713777@ccadfa> References: <32347B8E.7E6D@top.monad.net> <513v8p$kid@canton.charm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.236.1.2 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #7 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5587 snowdog@charm.net (Sean Rolinson) writes: There is a october version of the boot / install disk that recognises the adaptec 2940UW card. I have recently (Last 48hours) installed the card and have found it to work well. I believe that the card is not using all it high speed features but it works.. regards Jeremy Hamlyn >Hello Paul, >We are using Adaptec 2940UW's on all our inhouse Unix boxes. Two of >which are now running BSDI. I have had no problems getting them >working with BSD, and little to know problems with SCO's Unixware >2.0x. >I have had some problems with the Adaptec and NT 3.51 when using a >3Com 100BT card. But we were able to resolve those problems too >(updated drivers). >We are running BSD on a Tyan Tomcat Dual Pentium 166 (single processor >mode) with 128 Megs of RAM. It is using a 16bit Ether Express and a >Number Nine PCI Vision330 (it might be a motion330??). It has been >running great for us. >Sorry this isn't much help, but we are using it sucessfully... >Sean >snowdog@charm.net >Paul Venezia <pvenezia@top.monad.net> once said: >> Anyone using an Adaptec 2940 Ultra/Wide PCI card under BSDI? >> Currently, the machine won't recognize it on boot. I've checked the >> PNP (disabled) etc. No luck. No apparent IRQ conflict either. >> -- >> Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator >> MonadNet Corporation | Email: request@monad.net | Information:(603)352-7619 >> 322 Winchester St. | http://www.monad.net | TechSupport:(603)358-2497 >> Keene, NH 03431-3936 | http://top.monad.net/~techsupport | Fax:(603)357-1267