From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 13 8:52:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE3A37BB4E for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tera.com) Received: from tera.com (athena.sea.tera.com [207.224.230.169]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA11254; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by tera.com (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id IAA02498; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:52:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Bruce Burden Cc: Gary Kline , Freebsd Questions Subject: Re: low-cost SCSI cards?? Message-ID: <20000613085200.A2471@athena.sea.tera.com> References: <200006130333.UAA02171@tera.com> <200006130357.WAA84458@sullivan.realtime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95us In-Reply-To: <200006130357.WAA84458@sullivan.realtime.net>; from Bruce Burden on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 10:57:57PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 10:57:57PM -0500, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > > I've got an Adaptec 29160 adaptor; I expected it to fit > > right into the motherboad of this server (an older 200MHz. > > 128MB board. No::: there were additional non-PCI like > > connectors on the end of the 29160 card. > > > What you have is a 64 bit PCI card. You need a motherboard > with 64 bit PCI connectors to use this card. Most "consumer" > grade motherboards only have 32 bit PCI slots on them, as you > are discovering. You need to look for a "server" ($$$) grade > motherboard. I'll upgrade to a server PCI when the 128-bit cards have been out for a few years! Thanks noted to you and David. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message