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Date:      Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:50:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Craig Shaver" <craig@ProGroup.COM>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Q] aah-2940uw, disk need low level format
Message-ID:  <199701200250.SAA16719@seabass.progroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <199701200029.KAA26686@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 20, 97 10:59:05 am

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> 
> 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             [[

I'm using the 390F (ultra wide) on 2.1.5 with the tekram driver from
their site.  This is an NCR 875 based controller.  I like it so far.

-- 
Craig Shaver  (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 
Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA  94088



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