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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!xmission!sverige.pengar.com!user From: chad@pengar.com (Chad Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 vs 2940U Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 19:52:25 -0700 Organization: Pengar Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <chad-1701971952250001@sverige.pengar.com> References: <5bhe97$dtn@quack.acs.umbc.edu> <32dd89e5.32301688@news.netwave.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sverige.pengar.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34169 In article <32dd89e5.32301688@news.netwave.net>, karl@softronex.com (Karl Wagner) wrote: > 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, > > > > 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. > I have a 2940UW and a 3940UW in two different 2.1.5 machines... working just fine Chad