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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2742 + BSD?
Message-ID: <29g3dp$o4l@homer.cs.mcgill.ca>
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Date: 13 Oct 1993 05:24:09 GMT
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In article <29fgpeINN97h@uwm.edu>,
Scott Knaffla <scottk@sprecher.cs.uwm.edu> wrote:
>Well A couple of my friends and I are just about set to get PC's. I
>will be buying the pieces and putting them together myself. I got
>just about everything set, and I was going to get a Adaptec 1742, but since
>it's been discontinued in favor of the 2742, I have been looking at
>that one. However the big sticking point is, I will be putting BSD on
>them (Either Net or Free BSD). But ... no drivers are currently
>available for it :-( Does anyone know if the 2742 has a compatibility
>mode like the 1742? Also does anyone know about info relating to the
>release of driver info. I called Adaptec and it seemed like they just
>gave me the run-around and didn't have much info. Did anyone else have
>better luck? I would like to get the Adaptec, but if I can't get
>drivers it won't do me any good. Any suggestion: Bustek? Ultastor? (I
>really want to get EISA controller)
This question gets asked every couple of days, so here is all the
same information:
1. The newer 2742 controllers are NOT compiatble with the older
154X and 174X controllers
2. Adaptec has some new policy by which getting driver information
is a bit of a pain, and they give you code with which you must
work and figure things out.
3. There are no drivers for these controllers currently, and few
(if any) people have expressed active interest in creating one.
This looks like a great opportunity for you to get into the world
of writing UNIX device drivers.
If you have a VLB machine, then the UltraStor 34F is very
much worth looking at. Otherwise, look at a used 1742. I
think there are some EISA bustek controllers, but I have
little experience, and am unfamiliar with all of them.
Marc 'em.
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Marc Wandschneider Seattle, WA
Free/Net BSD---Real UN*X, Really Free