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From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and AHA-2740/2742?
Date: 2 Apr 1994 18:28:38 +0200
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In article <CnM15x.22F@pfcs.com>, Harlan Stenn <harlan@pfcs.com> wrote:
>Can somebody tell me if/how it's possible to get FreeBSD working on an
>EISA-VLbus system with an Adaptec AHA-2740/2742 controller?

You can't.  Adaptec   seems to have    adopted the same policy   as Diamond
regarding informations about their new cards. You have to sign a NDA.

After seeing that, I bought a Buslogic 747S, very happy since.

Adaptec sucks. If you're stuck with your 274*, I'm sorry for you.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT                          Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net
A FreeBSD & PERL addict...                PGP 2.3a public key on key-servers 
Running FreeBSD-current and very happy to do so !