From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 05:45:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA15169 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 05:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay3.smtp.psi.net (relay3.smtp.psi.net [38.8.210.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA15164 for ; Mon, 20 May 1996 05:45:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us by relay3.smtp.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.4-PSI) id IAA03052; Mon, 20 May 1996 08:45:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from DWIGHT/MAILQ by d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us (Mercury 1.21); 20 May 96 08:52:08 -0500 Received: from MAILQ by DWIGHT (Mercury 1.21); 20 May 96 08:51:41 -0500 From: "Bill Campbell" Organization: Dwight-Englewood School To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 08:51:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Adaptec AVA-1505 and AVA-1515 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I checked the questions archive with no luck, and I haven't seen it on a FreeBSD compatability list so I'll ask here. Does FreeBSD currently support either the Adaptec AVA-1505 or AVA-1515 PIO SCSI controllers? I know they would not be recommeded for use with FreeBSD, but I only want to use it to access a Syquest EZ-135 drive which I might use very infrequently to run FreeBSD on a machine which doesn't normally run it (so I don't want nor have the space to put FreeBSD on the hard drive.) If so and I get the AVA-1515 (which has BIOS for booting) should I be able to boot FreeBSD off of the Syquest drive? Basically, I may need to get a SCSI controller just to run the Syqest EZ-135 drive primarily under OS/2, but the option to tinker around with FreeBSD on the same machine would be useful. Therefore, I would be trying to boot FreeBSD off of the Syquest via OS/2 Boot Manager. (Do I even have to have a SCSI controller with bios boot support or could I get away with doing something with OS/2 Boot Manager or a diskette which would allow me to run off the Syquest?) Money is a concern which is why I'm looking at these low end cards. I can get the 1505 for $50 or the 1515 for $80. Thanks in advance. - Bill *--------- * Bill Campbell email: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us * Dwight-Englewood School phone: 201-569-9500 ext 3206 * 315 E. Palisade Avenue * Englewood, New Jersey 07631 * USA