From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 13 07:15:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA25853 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:15:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guardian.forest.com (forest.tcimet.net [198.109.160.188]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA25848 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.forest.com (relay.forest.com [192.0.168.2]) by guardian.forest.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA21327 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:25:16 -0400 Received: (from scott@localhost) by relay.forest.com (8.6.12/Forest.1.0) id KAA18871; Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:10:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:10:42 -0400 Message-Id: <199606131410.KAA18871@relay.forest.com> From: Scott Kelly To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: supported hardware questions Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have been having trouble (corrupted files) with a 1542B SCSI interface on a 386 system, and have two options: I have an EIDE 2GB drive I can substitute, or I can get my hands on an Adaptec AHA-1522A SCSI-2 host adapter. I am also going to add a tape drive for backup. Is the 1522A supported, and if so, am I likely to experience any problems using it with a 4GB tape drive (Conner MS4000MI)? If so, or if I decide to install the EIDE drive, then I would also install a 3.2 GB (compressed) tape drive, also from Conner, using the floppy interface. Would I need any special driver software in order to utilize the compression (3.2GB) mode? Thanks for your time and effort, Scott G. Kelly (scott@forest.com) Forest Computer, Inc tx: (517) 349-4700 P.O. Box 409 fax: (517) 349-2947 Okemos, MI 48805