Subject: Re: SCSI host adaptors (was EISA ProSignia Install)
To: None <ball@cyberspace.org>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/09/2003 17:10:41
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 11:12:03AM -0400, ball@cyberspace.org wrote:
> It has just occurred to me that I may be able to swap the
> SCSI host adaptor out for something that is supported.  EISA
> ones are probably pretty thin on the ground these days, but
> I may be able to find an ISA card.  The supported device
> lists on the NetBSD Web site are definitely helpful, but I
> would like to supplement that with some opinions from people
> here on the list: what EISA or ISA SCSI host adaptors have
> you found to work well with NetBSD?  Which ones are best

The BusLogic (bha driver) and Adaptec (ahc driver) cards should
work well.. as I recall, the original NetBSD mail server machine ran
on bha @ eisa, but that was a long time ago :-) ahc @ eisa has recently
been confirmed as (still) working.

- Frank

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Frank van der Linden                                            fvdl@netbsd.org
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