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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        Gene Ehrhart <EhrhartG@labs.wyeth.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fireport 40
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808071357340.15104-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980807092913.27968A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.m o.us>

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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Chris Dillon wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Gene Ehrhart wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have a diamond fireport 40 SCSI controller card operating
> > with FreeBSD ver. 2.1.6R ?
> > I am attempting to install a Seagate Tapestor 8000 in to my system and I'm
> > wondering which scsi card will work.
> 
> It should work fine.  Since it is NCR/Symbios 53c875 based it uses the
> 'ncr' driver which is in the GENERIC kernel by default.  These types
> of controllers are great for the money, though the Diamond board is
> more expensive and gains you nothing but the name.  Check out the
> Tekram DC390F for an equivalent board with an even smaller pricetag.

The ASUS PCI-SC875 is another name that may be cheaper.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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