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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: New Future Domain Support???
Date: 10 Dec 1994 17:41:06 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <Roy-1012940130150001@adept.cts.com>,
Roy Lovejoy <Roy@AdeptSolutions.com> wrote:
>I replace it with a Future Domain TMC-1680 SVP card (SCSI+floppy on one
>card). I recalled that Future Domain was one of the supported SCSI cards.
>Floppy works fine, get to the FDisk phase of install. FreeBSD don't
>understand new SCSI card.

You recalled wrongly. :(

>Is there any hope on the horizon for this new little wizzy card? Or is
>adaptec (for SCSI & Floppy) pretty much the name-of-the-game???

Buslogic is the name of the game.  But, you can do what friend of mine
did.  By a SCSI card w/out a floppy and get a cheapo IDE/floppy card
and disable the IDE on it.  That way if you ever need to put an IDE
drive in it you can.


Nate
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