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From: karl@softronex.com (Karl Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 vs 2940U
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 01:58:28 GMT
Organization: Softronex Corporation
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On 14 Jan 1997 21:09:43 -0500, omar@umbc.edu (Omar Siddique) wrote:

>Hi, I currently have FreeBSD 2.1.5 running on a pentium 100 with an
>Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller.  I'm getting a second machine and want to
>ensure that it works well with FreeBSD (I'll probably install 2.1.6 on it).
>Am I better off with the Adaptec 2940 controller for this machine, or 
>will the Adapect 2940U controller (ultra?) work just as well?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- 
>Omar Siddique| University Computing Services - Systems Group
>             | University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus
>             | email: omar@umbc.edu WWW: http://research.umbc.edu/~omar
>


I tried the 2940 booting on a zip drive with 2.1.5 and runs fine, but
the 2940u is not detected by the kernel. I think that the 2.2 kernel
does recognize the controller. Try it.

Good luck.

Karl A. Wagner
President
Softronex. Corp.
www.softronex.com