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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!cam.news.pipex.net!pipex!edi.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!btnet!news.enterprise.net!starship From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDi on a Gateway with a PCI Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller Date: Fri, 23 Jun 95 14:34:33 GMT Organization: Enterprise PLC Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3sen88$lqo@news.enterprise.net> References: <3s9clg$2kn@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> <3sc5lv$7bi@news.enterprise.net> <DALt49.6z7@wiz.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.enterprise.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <DALt49.6z7@wiz.com>, marc@wiz.com (Marc Wiz) wrote: >In article <3sc5lv$7bi@news.enterprise.net>, >Adrian Cooper <apc@enterprise.net> wrote: >>In article <3s9clg$2kn@sphinx.Gsu.EDU>, >> matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu (Elizabeth Strickler) wrote: >>>I have read that BSDi supports the PCI Buslogic Controller; has >>>anyone succeeded in installing BSDi on a Gateway P5-50 with a >>>Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller. Any knowledge about this >>>would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>>Elizabeth >>> >> >>Alas no :-( We are using the Buslogic 946 for that very reason, although I >>have to say with very good results indeed. >> >>I hope that BSDI people read this group, it is evident that support for the >>Adaptec 2940 and better still the 2940W would be welcomed by many people. > >I'm speaking for myself but there are good reasons why BSDI is not >supporting the 2940. That of Adaptec's attitude regarding the >2x40 adapters. > >I can post the relevant e-mail message from the bsdi-users mailing list. > >Marc > > Marc: Yes please - would you be kind enough to post that. I am certain that it is a topic of suffient interest. I have heard many similar rumours about Adaptec and their apparently obstructive attitude towards developers before. I would be really interested to discover what Adaptec think they will achieve by this. ___________________________________ Adrian Cooper | apc@enterprise.net Enterprise PLC | http://www.enterprise.net Leading Internet Services in the British Isles.