Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:23:29 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Nguyen HM (Mike)" <NguyenHM@ucarb.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PowerDomain 2940UW Message-ID: <19980615212329.44637@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <332F90115D96D0119CD500805FEA976B016945DA@HSCMS01>; from Nguyen HM (Mike) on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 01:18:24PM -0500 References: <332F90115D96D0119CD500805FEA976B016945DA@HSCMS01>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 01:18:24PM -0500, Nguyen HM (Mike) wrote: > Hi, > > This is a kind of off-the-wall question, but it is scsi and FreeBSD > related, so I thought I'd give it a shot. > > I have a PowerDomain 2940UW, which is the Macintosh version of the > 2940UW. This means that it has Mac firmware. Seeing as how I no longer > have a Mac (though I want one of those new iMacs pretty bad), I would > like to use it in my FreeBSD box. > > My question is, if I have a copy of the latest (1.25) firmware for Intel > platforms, will I get a working card if I flash the PowerDomain 2940UW? > Has anyone tried this? I asked Adaptec twice, the first time the guy was > very non-committal, the second guy implied that it would work. Has > anyone tried this? Does anyone have any information about the PCI > architecture, etc., which might clue me in as to whether it would work > or not? >From the FreeBSD end, I guess it would work. FreeBSD doesn't use the firmware, only the hardware. How it would work for the BIOS I have no idea - I'd guess it would work, but that is a guess from a person that isn't very qualified in the area :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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