Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:45:18 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: mcnscott@aol.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940AU PCI SCSI Driver? Message-ID: <9609100245.AA18288@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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> System:
> FreeBSD 2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-ROM
>
> Mainboard:
> will P55TV running Intel P133 on TritonIII chipset with onboard
> Adaptec AIC 7860 chip (same as 2940AU PCI SCSI {?} ) and Award BIOS
>
> SCSI Devices:
> Quantum Fireball HD and Toshiba CD-ROM player
[...]
> >>My problem is that the FreeBSD floppy boot does not recognize the
> Adaptec.<<
Use the 2.1.5R release of FreeBSD.
> Question #1:
> Is there a FreeBSD driver for either the Adaptec PCI SCSI Host Adapter
> or the 2940AU PCI SCSI running on the AIC 7860 chip?
2940U != 7860. The 2940U has a capacity of 16 commands, while the 7860 has a
capacity of 3 commands. Still, the 7860 should be supported in the 2.1.5
release of FreeBSD as well as the 2940U.
Use the 2.1.5-release of FreeBSD and you shouldn't have any problems.
Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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