Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 18:21:40 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ideal SCSI adapter for me? Message-ID: <20081106182140.b5b3be9a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <200811061036.26693.kirk@strauser.com> References: <200811061036.26693.kirk@strauser.com>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:36:26 -0600, Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 7/amd64 system with a newly incompatible SCSI adapter (see > kern/128452 for details). I want to switch to a card that's still supported > but don't want to spend an arm and a leg since its whole purpose in live will > be to connect my UW-SCSI tape drive. Any recommendations for cheap, minimal > cards that are known to work well with recent FreeBSD releases? I had used an Adaptec 2940 U/W PCI SCSI controller to connect a tape drive, no problems; the ahc driver (from vers. 4 up to 7) worked well. It would even run a scanner, a JAZ drive, a CD-ROM drive and a PD drive (if anyone still knows what this is), as well as different hard disks. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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