From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 7 13:59:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA21646 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:59:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21513 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:58:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA14191; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:57:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:57:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Chris Dillon cc: Gene Ehrhart , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fireport 40 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message