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Subject: Re: [Q] aah-2940uw, disk need low level format
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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:50:10 -0800 (PST)
From: "Craig Shaver" <craig@ProGroup.COM>
In-Reply-To: <199701200029.KAA26686@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 20, 97 10:59:05 am
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> 
> BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com stands accused of saying:
> > > Installed an aha-2940uw.  the machine hangs during boot immediately after
> > > printing the disk information.
> > 
> > I've heard about so many problems with the 2940UW that I'm hesitant to use
> > it on a new FreeBSD system I'm building. Is there a different Ultra/Wide
> > card that works flawlessly with FreeBSD 2.2?
> 
> Check out the Tekram DC390 cards; the high-end one is NCR-based and 
> works perfectly AFAIK.
> 
> Tekram also went to the effort of producing a BSD driver for the low-end
> 390 which is based on the AMD SCSI controller, which has subesequently
> been incorporated into FreeBSD, so supporting them is the Right Thing 8)
> 
> > --Brett
> 
> -- 
> ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer        msmith@gsoft.com.au             [[

I'm using the 390F (ultra wide) on 2.1.5 with the tekram driver from
their site.  This is an NCR 875 based controller.  I like it so far.

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