From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 02:27:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA09803 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:27:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [194.93.177.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA09248 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:24:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20294; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:20:51 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) From: Ruslan Ermilov Message-Id: <199803301020.NAA20294@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Subject: Re: Anyone use a Symbios Logic SCSI card? In-Reply-To: from "Shawn Ramsey" at "Mar 30, 98 02:08:43 am" To: shawn@luke.cpl.net (Shawn Ramsey) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:20:51 +0300 (EEST) Cc: marko@uk.radan.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-My-Interests: Unix,Oracle,Networking X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Once Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > Hello, > > Is anyone using a Symbios Logic SCSI card (specifically a SYM8751SP > > card) with FreeBSD 2.2.5. I'm considering buying one as I've heard good > > reports about them & they're about half the price of an Adaptec 2940-UW > > but before I do I would like to be sure I'm not likely to run into > > problems. A vist to their Web site shows they support lots of OS's, but > > FreeBSD isn't mentioned. > > I have not used it, but this card does work under FreeBSD. This series of > cards seems popular under FreeBSD for its low price, and performance > comparable to Adaptec. Yes, I know that FreeBSD uses direct access mode with SCSI disks, but, anyway, is it possible to use so-called "normal geometry" (Mbytes/64/32) with SLHAs instead of default for SLHA (magic_number/63/255) ? TIA, -- Ruslan Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message