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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zdc!zdc-e!szdc-e!news From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [ask] Is AH 7880 SCSI supported? Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 21:10:51 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 28 Message-ID: <31DF1CAB.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> References: <4rlvt6$1ec@colias.tutics.tut.ac.jp> <4rmktk$hp8@battery.awod.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) Ken Lam wrote: > > In article <4rlvt6$1ec@colias.tutics.tut.ac.jp>, sarif@protenor.dsl.tutics.tut.ac.jp. says... > > > > > > I'm going to buy a new motherboard in a next few days, and I'm > >planning to run FreeBSD on it. > > The motherboard is Giga-Byte GA-586DX. It has Ultra Wide Adaptec > >7880 SCSI Controller on board. The problem is that I've been looking > >the Hardware Spec, in 2.1.0-RELEASE ans 2.2-960323-SNAP and cannot > >find this Adaptec 7880 on the list. > > Is this SCSI Controller suported? Anyone has a running system with > >it? > > I haven't used a Giga-Byte board before, but the 7880 chipset is > supported with 2.1R (I have the 2940U and have installed 2.1 on it). > BTW, get CURRENT or STABLE for more stable SCSI support vs RELEASE. > > the SNAP you mention has VM problems (if I recall correctly). > EEEK!!! if you are running a -current snapshot, either upgrade your kernel to the latest -current, or if you are running a -stable snapshot, get the newest -stable kernel. Major bugfixes have been applied recently!!! John