Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:59:21 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: Marc Rassbach <marc@tandem.milestonerdl.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: SCSI card to choose Message-ID: <XFMail.971212210218.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971212065919.1623H-100000@tandem.milestonerdl.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My secret spy satellite informs me that on 12-Dec-97, Marc Rassbach wrote: >As a long-time user of bustek->buslogic->mylex BT-542/BT-948/BT-958 cards >I am considering moving away from the buslogic line. > >I'd prefer not to use adaptec, so what are my other choices for a good, >reliable, well preforming card line? The cards based on the NCR/SymBIOS chipset are quite popular, and perform very well under FreeBSD. The NCR driver is said to be quite stable. If RAID is your gig (no pun intended :) ), then I hear good things about the DPT cards. Simon Shapiro (shimon@i-connect.net) is maintaining the driver for them. >(Adaptec: I don't like their selling of drivers, when the other vendors >give them away. Mylex: they don't release information on 'their' cards >(RAID cards), and with the new flashpoint line Mylex seems to be >carrying on with the tradition. With the 542/948 cards gone from the >line, its only a matter of time before all they have is flashpoint and >the i960 RAID cards.) Huh? My Adaptec card came with drivers... but then again, it was a retail box. The OEM and "cheapo" boxes don't come with drivers, but then again, you get what you pay for. (Besides, since you're obviously a FreeBSD junkie, why do you need DOS/WinBlowz drivers anyway?) - --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNJIW2fjpixuAwagxAQHafAP7BjbAP/K1NDwZTW0dgV9g+XBO1X7xmiJ2 szcrxAX771mL0g2mlx4WigXMwFC49mYmUkhEOf+zmAbL4uxevj/sdJG3TaUMX89/ YLLkcTg5xPcTJXFoXEVTk5aHRB3r+YpJ7051f8i3iFc/AFqH//UAJ1sdMY8Wc7hy OxFs6LstewM= =/f/K -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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