From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 28 01:35:16 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA28181 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 01:35:16 -0700 Received: from mail.telstra.com.au (mail.telstra.com.au [192.148.160.10]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA28175 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 01:35:13 -0700 Received: from mail_gw.fwall.telecom.com.au(192.148.147.10) by mail via smap (V1.3) id sma022283; Wed Jun 28 17:39:29 1995 Received: from cdn_mail.dn.itg.telecom.com.au(144.135.109.134) by mail_gw.telecom.com.au via smap (V1.3) id sma005820; Wed Jun 28 18:33:32 1995 Received: from amalfi.trl.OZ.AU (amalfi.trl.OZ.AU [137.147.99.99]) by cdn_mail.telecom.com.au (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA19061 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:33:32 +1000 Received: from orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au ([145.136.55.131]) by amalfi.trl.OZ.AU (8.6.10/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA04484 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:33:28 +1000 Received: from netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au by orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA20140; Wed, 28 Jun 95 18:33:24 +1000 Received: from netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au [144.139.63.32]) by netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA09449 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 16:35:31 +0800 Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 16:35:29 +0800 (WST) From: Terry Dwyer To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: PCI SCSI controller - which one should I buy? Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm about to upgrade to a DX4 PCI motherboard and I wondered if anyone has any preference for one of the following controllers: PCI Fast SCSI PCI fast wide SCSI BT946C VS AHA-2940 BT956C VS AHA-2940W I have to choose one of these controllers for my FreeBSD box and I would really like to know if any of them is _not_ supported by or has problems with 2.0.5R The hardware section of the FAQ web page does not mention the BT956C. Has this changed recently? It also qualifies the AHA294X as only being supported by "2.X-current only". Does this mean the wide version is supported by 2.0.5R? If all of them are supported, I would have a preference for the BusLogic card on principle, (better support for free OSes), and from experience. I have a BT445S in my VLB motherboard at the moment and I have been very pleased with it's reliability and performance. Further, my preference is for the fast wide Buslogic controller; I'd like to futureproof my hardware. I am getting a Seagate Barracuda to hang off the controller as well, should this be a problem? If anyone can help in pointing out problems, bad BIOS revisions etc I should be aware of, I would be most appreciative. Thanks for taking the time to read this. _-_|\ Terry Dwyer E-Mail: tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au / \ System Administrator Phone: +61 9 491 5161 Fax: +61 9 221 2631 *_.^\_/ Telecom Australia Telstra Corporation MIME capable mailer v Perth WA ( I do not speak for Telstra or Telecom )