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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: Thu, 22 Jun 95 15:22:30 GMT
Organization: Enterprise PLC
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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. 

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