From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 15 09:25:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA04754 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pos-srv4100.javanet.com (pos-srv4100.javanet.com [208.134.56.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA04748 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from venus (venus.saic1.com [208.219.194.34]) by pos-srv4100.javanet.com (8.8.6/8.7) with SMTP id MAA23592 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:25:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <33F481CE.52DF@javanet.com> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:20:30 -0400 From: John Szumowski X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: looking for cheap scsi card recommendations Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I recently aquired a gig SCSI drive...and am looking for a cheap SCSI controller with a BIOS to drive it. I have an Adaptec 1535- not bad, but I can't use it to boot the drive. I'm having difficulty finding a reasonable priced (<150 would be REALLY nice. ;-) ) ISA SCSI card with a BIOS. The 1542 is a bit pricy, considering that it would go in an older ISA (dx2-66) system. I'd just as soon buy a cheap Pentium motherboard and a PCI SCSI card. My hardware requirements aren't terribly taxing...a couple of SCSI-II devices...I don't need ULTRA SCSI. The Tekram 390 card has an appealing price. Does it work well under FBSD 2.2.2? Other recommendations and advice would be appreciated. TIA, John Szumowski harpo@javanet.com