From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 7 19:13:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA19737 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:13:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA19726 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:13:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA08229; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 12:10:02 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604080240.MAA08229@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility To: mc7953@mclink.it (Marco Masotti) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 12:10:01 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mc7953@mclink.it In-Reply-To: <316810C3.41C67EA6@mclink.it> from "Marco Masotti" at Apr 7, 96 09:00:19 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marco Masotti stands accused of saying: > > I have problems in getting an Asus PVI486SP3 working with a 2940 > controller. The Ide on board controller has been disabled, the video > card is CL 5430, ram is 16 Mb, disk is IBM 1.080 Gbyte, CD drive Sun (2X > standard). ... > So, just before beginning to suspect a hardware failure either of the > controller or the motherboard, is there any knowledge of problems with > this hardware combination with or eventually without FreeBSD? Nope. Make sure you have SCSI parity enabled everywhere, but the board is a known good one, and the controller should be fine too. (Note that you will want to upgrade to -stable in in the long run, as there are some bugs in the 2940 driver that may bite you) > Marco -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[