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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU!dim From: dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD VESA IDE support ?? Date: 16 Aug 1994 19:50:56 GMT Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association Lines: 41 Message-ID: <32r5b0$dgo@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <32r3bm$ql7@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.csua.berkeley.edu In article <32r3bm$ql7@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, Thomas J. Trebisky <tom@canopus.as.arizona.edu> wrote: >Hello, > >I am in the midst of buying a 386 (486 actually) machine to run >NetBSD. The main board will be a VESA local bus 486DX2-66. > >The question I have is what flavor of disk controller will >make best use of the VESA bus. Political factors here may >preclude a SCSI subsystem, so here are the options that I would >appreciate comments on: > I would go for SCSI and make sure it can bus master. >Now, if I do manage to convince the powers that be, to buy me >a SCSI subsystem; which SCSI adapters make use of the VESA bus? >Options I see are: > >1) Adaptec AHA1542CF which is *not* a VESA card, but seems very >popular among NetBSD users. $205.00 > >2) Adaptec 2842 which *is* a VESA card, but does *not* appear on >the list of supported host adapters. $299.00 Adaptec is very expensive, and they refuse to divulge specs for their cards so *BSD folks don't like to support them by buying their products. Plus, many of their cards do not have drivers written for them (for the above reasons). >3) Buslogic KT445C (BT445c) which is a VESA card and does appear >on the list of supported SCSI host adapters. $210.00 It is my understanding that all Buslogic cards are supported. This would be my choice. Dimitrios