From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 6:58: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (cm-24-246-28-166.toney.mediacom.ispchannel.com [24.246.28.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7277C37B400 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:58:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dkelly@localhost) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eASEvYM50409; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:57:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:57:33 -0600 From: David Kelly To: Jeff Blaufuss Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can anyone recommend a good SCSI card? Message-ID: <20001128085733.A50376@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <3A237221.519E4870@ndsu.nodak.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A237221.519E4870@ndsu.nodak.edu>; from Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:51:45AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:51:45AM -0600, Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good bootable SCSI card that works with FreeBSD? > I've been looking at an Adaptec AHA-2930U, but I don't know if it's > compatable with FreeBSD or not. Other than "bootable" you don't say much about what your goals are. The 2930 is an ultra/narrow card selling in the $90 to $100 range. Several years before Adaptec retailed the 2930 they OEM'ed the card to a Mac clone maker by the name of Power Computing. That card looks like the current card but isn't. At the least the OEM card lacks FLASH BIOS and what it has is PowerPC Mac specific. I have one. Works well in my PowerMac. Will probably be the next thing I replace as Darwin and MacOS X will not support it and a copy protected program I have won't install (but will run if installed on another computer and moved.) The Symbios/LSI/NCR based cards are usually a good value but not in the top 1% as the top Adaptec cards (the 2930 is not a top Adaptec card). http://www.centrix-intl.com/ has fast/wide Symbios SYM 8251S cards for $39. The listing says its Ultra but its not. Have purchased from these people before and not had any disappointments. My home system uses the Ultra version of this card (was $20 more when they had them) but only a Fast/Wide 9G HD. Tempted to buy some of the above while the gettin' is good. Hmm, if I can get a Mac BIOS for that card, and if Darwin will recognize it (won't recognize my 2930)... -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message