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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:59:13 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        Thomas Graichen <graichen@axp5.physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc:        se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need some scsi help ... 
Message-ID:  <199608141559.IAA10344@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:12:33 %2B0200." <199608141312.PAA01008@mordillo> 

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I'm sure Stefan will answer your NCR questions...

>* so thus the next question: if a non bios ncr controller won't work (and i
>can't find an ncr controller with bios here in berlin (maybe someone has an
>idea where to get such a thing here ...) - what else controller should i use ?
>possible choices so far are the adaptec 2940 (a lot more expensive - but may
>be ok - if the cheaper version of it - without any software or docs - is
>enougth - the adaptec 2920 is a bit cheaper but is it supported ? - is seems
>to be equivalent to the last future domain controller (which seems to have
>been bought by adaptec ...) - will this one work ?

You can buy the 2940 just by itself so long as you don't need the drivers
from the full pack for some other OS.

The 2920 is not currently supported.

>* what other controllers are recommended ?
>
>* if i choose the adaptec 2940 - how good/stable is the driver in FreeBSD?

So long as you are using the latest driver, it is very stable.

>-- 
>  thomas graichen    graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de    graichen@FreeBSD.org
>
>  perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when
>      there is no longer anything to take away    antoine de saint-exupery

--
Justin T. Gibbs
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