From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 19 16:29:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA28028 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:29:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA28009; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:29:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA26686; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:59:08 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701200029.KAA26686@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: [Q] aah-2940uw, disk need low level format In-Reply-To: <9700178535.AA853571140@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com" at "Jan 17, 97 11:53:39 pm" To: BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:59:05 +1030 (CST) Cc: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org, hardware@freefall.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] 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 BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com stands accused of saying: > > Installed an aha-2940uw. the machine hangs during boot immediately after > > printing the disk information. > > I've heard about so many problems with the 2940UW that I'm hesitant to use > it on a new FreeBSD system I'm building. Is there a different Ultra/Wide > card that works flawlessly with FreeBSD 2.2? Check out the Tekram DC390 cards; the high-end one is NCR-based and works perfectly AFAIK. Tekram also went to the effort of producing a BSD driver for the low-end 390 which is based on the AMD SCSI controller, which has subesequently been incorporated into FreeBSD, so supporting them is the Right Thing 8) > --Brett -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[