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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Subject: Re: Support for AHA-2740/T SCSI Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Message-ID: <Ctq5Mt.3I2@veda.is> References: <CstyJ0.5AC@on.bell.ca> <CtHDMz.89s@tfs.com> <thompson-270794165017@144.37.1.111> <michaelv.775380687@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <318u7o$400@elvis.cs.umd.edu> <319383INN1s4b@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 23:08:52 GMT Lines: 28 se@fileserv1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) writes: >The NCR 53c810 works well under FreeBSD, I know Linux support is being worked >on by Drew Eckhardt, but I don't know about it's current state. I believe "well" is an understatement, so here's a "well done!" message for the authors. >(The FreeBSD driver is available from "FTP.Uni-Koeln.DE:packages/FreeBSD". >It didn't make it into FreeBSD-1.1.5, but installs within a few minutes and >there a boot floppy image and generic kernels are available in this directory >if you don't want to build your own kernel. Reports from satisfied customers >are available on request. :) Words cannot express it :-) However, I had trouble booting from the floppy image, not sure whether it was the physical media or the bits that were unpacked from the .gz file that were at fault. I tried it on a few different machines and it always rebooted after displaying the first 2 rotating stripes. >I'd rather use the NCR than the BT964, since it is a low cost solution that >offers best performance possible ! Definitely! -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>