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To: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua>
cc: rsi@garply.com (ResearchSouth), questions@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: Using freeBSD on High-end P5/PCI/FW-SCSI2 P.C. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 95 12:10:57 +0300."
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 03:35:16 -0700
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>Dear William,
>
>
># machine. I would appreciate any information you could provide on systems
># which are definitely/definitely not supported by your current stable release
># of freeBSD (2.1.1 ?) 
># 
>	I'll warn you about systems with Adaptec 7850 SCSI chip
>	onboard. While 7870 is supported, 7850 is NOT;
>	I know at least 2 people in Russia who have this
>	trouble and dissapointment, and they didn't get
>	any creative responce.

   Actually, support for the 7850 was added on June 4th, and should work in
the latest 2.1 snapshot. Justin would know better of course.

-DG