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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!worldnet.att.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!supernews.com!news From: karl@softronex.com (Karl Wagner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 vs 2940U Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 01:58:28 GMT Organization: Softronex Corporation Lines: 28 Message-ID: <32dd89e5.32301688@news.netwave.net> References: <5bhe97$dtn@quack.acs.umbc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp34.tld.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34101 On 14 Jan 1997 21:09:43 -0500, omar@umbc.edu (Omar Siddique) wrote: >Hi, I currently have FreeBSD 2.1.5 running on a pentium 100 with an >Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller. I'm getting a second machine and want to >ensure that it works well with FreeBSD (I'll probably install 2.1.6 on it). >Am I better off with the Adaptec 2940 controller for this machine, or >will the Adapect 2940U controller (ultra?) work just as well? > >Thanks, > >-- >Omar Siddique| University Computing Services - Systems Group > | University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus > | email: omar@umbc.edu WWW: http://research.umbc.edu/~omar > I tried the 2940 booting on a zip drive with 2.1.5 and runs fine, but the 2940u is not detected by the kernel. I think that the 2.2 kernel does recognize the controller. Try it. Good luck. Karl A. Wagner President Softronex. Corp. www.softronex.com