Subject: Re: UW SCSI controllers that are SRM compatible
To: None <nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/01/1998 19:14:58
As nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com wrote...
> I appoligize in advance if this is obvious or has recently been
> discussed.
>
> I have an axppci33 and I have been using the onboard ncr53c810 for
> quite a while but I now have a wide disk and the 810 is only fast
> narrow :(
>
> I have quite a few adaptec controller (2940 and 3940's u and uw's) but
> it seems that SRM (and DEC Unix) do not support these adaptec
> controllers (too bad because I have more than one sitting idle :(
>
> Anyway, I am looking for an inexpensive pci controller that supports
> ultra wide devices and is supported by the axppci33's SRM (so you can
> boot directly from srm without having to boot the kernel off of a
> floppy etc)
>
> I would also like this controller to be compatible with DEC Unix is
> possible.
That would be stuff like a KZPBA, which is a Qlogic buyout product. But most
likely the NoName cannot boot from it (I guess..).
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