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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sgi.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fta.com!newsmaster From: Brant Katkansky <bmk@pobox.com> Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ASUS SC200 SCSI controller ? Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 11:27:50 -0800 Organization: Thurber Technology Group Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33206C36.43D4@pobox.com> References: <5fpiic$hkq@chronicle.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlas-187.atlas.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 i86pc) To: Daniel Ts'o <dantso@cris.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:36157 comp.periphs.scsi:72566 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36768 Daniel Ts'o wrote: > > Can someone comment on the ASUS SC200 SCSI controller ? > > How does it compare to other choices: other NCR's like Symbios, and > the Adaptec 2940UW ? It will perform similarily to other NCR cards. I've heard that it performs similarily to comparable Adaptec cards. I can't comment on the 2940UW, having never used one. > Can it be used in any PCI system or only ASUS ? I understand there is > a BIOS issue. Any PCI system should support the card. Your system must have the Symbios (NCR) SCSI BIOS extensions in order to boot off of such a controller. Lots of systems have this feature - you can also purchase a similar card (though not from ASUS that has the BIOS installed on the card. > > The OS would be FreeBSD. Is support for the ASUS SC200 in FreeBSD > decent, suitable for a robust, good performing system ? > I have two FreeBSD systems, running 2.2-ALPHA and 2.2-BETA that work fine with the ASUS SC200 controllers. Previous releases also perform well.