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From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Experience with Fujistu 4GB SCSI drive
Date: 16 Jan 1997 14:06:46 GMT
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Sohail Aslam (aslam@lums.edu.pk) wrote:

: Has anyone had any experience using the Fujistu 4GB SCSI drive, model
: number M2954SYU? I am planning to attach it to the adaptec 2940 in
: a pentium 133 machine running FreeBSD 2.2-beta. Does it require any 
: particular disktab entry? If so, could someone send me the entry or
: info on how to create one? 

Everything requires a disktab entry.  :)

Try Fujitsu's website; http://www.fcpa.com.  I believe they may already
have pregenerated disktab entries for Suns.

: I'll be replacing the 2940 with a 2940U shortly. Is there  anything I need 
: to watch out in terms of the drive attached to the 2940U?

You shouldn't.  But back up your hard drive(s) just in case.  I get
paranoid when I have to change SCSI adapters.
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