From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 23 14:08:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA22787 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:08:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enigami.com (enigami.com [208.140.182.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA22772 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:08:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ckempf@enigami.com) Received: from [208.140.182.45] (symphony.enigami.com [208.140.182.45]) by enigami.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA00948; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:07:27 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: ckempfm@enigami.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3516C57E.3443@metroed.k12.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:53:28 -0500 To: bobb@metroed.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cory Kempf Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Adaptec 7895 on M/B? Cc: bobb@ns.metroed.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 15:26 -0500 98.03.23, Bob Beaulieu wrote: >I notice in FAQ that FreeBSD works with: >AH-294x and aic7870 MB controllers (Narrow/Twin/Wide) . > >I'm thinking about buying the 333mhz pentium ii and >intel dk 440lx m/b, usb, wol, agp chipset, crystal audio, >dual scsi, raid connection. Which I understand is using >Adaptec 7895 MB controller. Will this work with FreeBSD? Yes. At least mine does. You need to run -current, you need CAM, and (last I checked), you need to have a kernel based on the March 12 source base. To install, you will need the CAM based floppy kernel. Look in /incomming. Once you have installed, and installed the cam-kernel via the fixit floppy, you will need to boot with -a at the boot prompt -- at least I did. Not sure that AGP is working, I chickened out and went with PCI for my first graphics card. So far, I don't have working audio or serial, and have not tried RAID. Good luck: you will need it. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message