From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 11:32:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA14403 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (deischen@iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA14398 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:32:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by iworks.InterWorks.org (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA17506; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:29:57 -0500 Message-Id: <9607261829.AA17506@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:29:57 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: jwenger@bentreality.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Help Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi All; > I'm going to be co-locating a box at a local ISP, and have pretty much > decided on the configuration for it: [...] Glad to see you've gone all SCSI. I only have one comment... > SCSI Card Adaptec 2940, PCI/SCSI-2 50 pin w/ cable > [...] > I would appreciate comments and suggestions on the above hardware. We're > also planning on using the Walnut Creek CD with FreeBSD 2.1 on it. With this SCSI controller, you'll need FreeBSD 2.1.5. There were bugs in the 2.1 released aic7xxx driver that have since been corrected. If there is a valid reason why you need FreeBSD 2.1, then you can opt for an NCR-based SCSI controller. Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org