Hi,

> prove me wrong when i suspect that it's not mandatory to use a HBA which
> is supported officially on the Mac (i.e. shows up as an Open Firmware
> device) -- so it's sufficient to run an AHA-2940UW (the ones for Macs
> are AHA-2940UWM and the like)?

No, no need to prove you wrong. You can use SCSI interfaces which have no 
OF support as long as you can boot from somewhere else.

John Klos
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... so long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those
who wish to tyranize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent,
and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious
and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
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