From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 9 12:53:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA06244 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:53:48 -0800 Received: from ix.ix.netcom.com (ix.ix.netcom.com [199.182.120.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA06236 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:53:44 -0800 Received: from ncc-1701-d by ix.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id MAA26858; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:52:33 -0800 Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:54:01 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: Derek Laufenberg x7-4534 cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org, stratton@med.ge.com Subject: Re: SCSI card recomendation needed In-Reply-To: <9511091958.AA04997@merak.med.ge.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Derek Laufenberg x7-4534 wrote: > Hello all, > > I tried to put FreeBSD on a friends machine lastnight and I ran > into a bit of a snag. His machine is 100% scsi, no IDE system > at all. His scsi card is a Q-Logic card which is not supported > as far as I can tell. He is willing to put a new card in it. > What should he buy? > > Any recommendations for : > > ISA: ??? > VLB: ??? > PCI: ??? > PCMCIA: ??? (for my laptop :) ) Hmm, I thought the Qlogic was a Adaptec clone, or maybe it can be configured to be a Adaptec clone. FWIW, though, here are my recommendations: They're basically simple: Adaptec. For the ISA, get the 1542. For VLB, get the 2842 (i think that's the number). For PCI, either get a motherboard, or a card, with the NCR 53 chipset, this is the most widest supported chip where PCI drivers are concerned. As for PCMCIA, I'm not entirely sure, though I'd bet that Adaptec makes a PCI card that can work with existing Adaptec drivers. Just my $0.02 worth... Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 // FAX 564-2315 // WWW http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~dburr PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **