Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 10:28:39 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD SCSI <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Status of Adaptec AHA-2920? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971116100952.1461A-100000@donaldburr.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971116035327.1064A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I wish to purchase a new SCSI adapter, and the Adaptec AHA-2920 is in my > > price range (I don't have much money to spend). I did a search on the > > You'd be better off getting one of the NCR/Smybios based cards. The 2920 > is not a busmaster card... The Asus SC810 can be had for as little as $60, > of course you need a motherboard that can boot with this card as it has no > BIOS. Hrm, the whole point of my msg was that price is my main factor. I don't particularly care about busmaster, booting off the card, etc. All I'm ever planning to drive with this card is a CD-ROM and a Jaz drive, and I don't particularly care about high performance on these devices (the JAZ is only used for archival storage, and I don't care if it takes 8 seconds vs. 4 to move a .tar.gz file onto it, etc.). I've got (E)IDE HD's in my system that I'm perfectly happy with. Anyway, it's only a 5x86-133. If I ever upgrade to my Pentium II dream system, I'll surely have a bit more cash to play with, so then I'll get the 2940 for performance. Right now I just want something that works. Besides, I have NOT been able to find any NCR/SymBIOS cards. Well, I take that back: I've seen a LOT of cards but I'm not sure what chips they have in them, and when I ask, all I get is "Duuuhhhhh...?" So I guess my original question stands: is the AHA-2920 supported by any version of FreeBSD (or any patch thereof)? And I have another question to add: I know NCR/SymBIOS chips are used in a lot of 3rd-party cards? Can anyone give me a list of which manufacturer/models have the NCR/SymBIOS chip in them? Please respond by e-mail, thanks!!!
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