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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!insync!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!arclight.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!nwnet.net!not-for-mail From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony Talltree) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec 2490 Ultra/Wide on BSDI Date: 21 Jan 1997 10:49:52 -0800 Organization: NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, USA, Earth Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5c334g$6sb@lovecraft.nwnet.net> References: <32347B8E.7E6D@top.monad.net> <513v8p$kid@canton.charm.net> <jsoh.853713777@ccadfa> Reply-To: aad@nwnet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: lovecraft.nwnet.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5651 >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.. If you've got Ultra disks, be sure to go into Adaptec's configurator at boot-time and enable 20M/s transfers. Also note that the card will automagically and silently disable 20M/s if there's a slow device (eg., a CD-ROM drive) on the bus. >>> Currently, the machine won't recognize it on boot. I've checked the >>> PNP (disabled) etc. No luck. Contrary to most of the reports I've seen here, I've had better luck with enabling PnP on recent Tyan boards, though they're still muxing some IRQ's for no apparent reason.