From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 30 19: 7:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F76E14DAC for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:07:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id UAA18352; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:06:47 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:06:46 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Gabriel Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 29160 Support? Message-ID: <20000130200646.A18269@panzer.kdm.org> References: <200001310247.VAA16477@laker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200001310247.VAA16477@laker.net>; from gabriel@laker.net on Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 09:47:04PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 21:47:04 -0500, Gabriel wrote: > Hello, > > I am running 2.2.8-stable and wish to upgrade to 3.4-stable. I will need a > new hard drive for the upgrade. I currently have an Adaptec 2940AU and a 9.1GB > Ultra SCSI drive. I have yet to see any Ultra SCSI drivers larger then 9.1 > GB (except for Seagate's 5400 RPM 50GB dinosaur, which I believe is a 5.25" > drive?). Adaptec's 2940U2W looks like a good replacement for the 2940AU, > but I would rather get their 29160. Will the 29160 series be supported in > 3.x and 4.0 in the future? The Adaptec 29160 is supported in -current, although right now it will only run at Ultra2 speeds. (Ultra160 speeds will be enabled before too long.) It is not yet supported in -stable, although I'm sure it will be at some point. You can mail Justin Gibbs to inquire about when support might make it into -stable. As for drives, you're more than 2 years behind if you think that 9G drives are the best out there. All the major vendors are shipping 18G and 36G drives, and Seagate is even shipping a 50G Barracuda, which is a 3.5" half height drive, and runs at 7200rpm. The drive you're thinking of is likely Seagate's old 47G drive, which was indeed a 5400rpm full height 5.25" drive. If you're going to get a new drive, I'd suggest getting IBM or Seagate disks. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message