From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 22 15:15:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA10375 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.PII.COM (pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA10361 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PII.COM by PII.COM (4.1/SMI-4.4) id AA28279; Tue, 22 Apr 97 15:17:12 PDT Received: from PII-Message_Server by pii.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:15:16 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:13:03 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Adaptec Troubles. Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I didn't know just how well I had it, installing FreeBSD, until I put Solaric 1.1.2 on a Sparc 1+. This stuff (FreeBSD) isn't just great code, its eaaaaaaazy.... I did my first ftp install of 2.2Gamma a few weeks back. Great stuff! Thanks, [RC] Is this current batch of Adaptec trouble, at all caused by Adaptec not working well with the "FreeBSD Movement"? I bought 2.0.5 for its 2940 support, and that system has run non-stop since day one. Good code. I've asked the question before, if bustek/buslogic were good cards, and the answer was no, because they don't release enough developer info. Its too bad NCR, (the ne2000 of the scsi market?), doesn't make a new "superchip" scsi controller. I wouldn't hesitate a second to stop buying adaptec entirely. Same goes for digiboard. Ditto for creative labs. What is it about companies that turn mediocre products into industry mainstays? I guess I shouldn't complain, I mean look at the PC in general, its a bastard child of technology-whores.