From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 11 02:04:20 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id CAA03939 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:04:20 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA03933 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:04:13 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id CAA11875; Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:04:00 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id CAA00145; Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:04:00 -0800 Message-Id: <199502111004.CAA00145@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Barry Edwards <100203.2232@compuserve.com> cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: SCSI Support: DPT cards In-reply-to: Your message of "11 Feb 95 03:35:24 EST." <950211083523_100203.2232_FHH34-1@CompuServe.COM> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:03:58 -0800 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have an EISA (ASUS motherboard) with a DPT (PM2122 + 1MB cache) SCSI card. >Your list of supported SCSI cards does not include this manufacturer's card. I >have tried loading FreeBSD 2.0 and this does not recognise my hard disks (2 >Maxtor 525MB+1.2GB). > >To some extent, I expected this to happen. Perhaps you can suggest some things I >may try? Is there anybody I can contact whom you know is working on a driver? I >am willing to try myself (writing a driver, that is), but should clearly have to >get something up and running before I do any development. > >I would really appreciate some assistance. Unfortunately, you're right: We don't have support for that card. The only thing I could suggest would be to get a used Adaptec 1542B, 1542CF, or perhaps something EISA like a Buslogic 747...but even used, this is going to cost a fair bit of money. -DG