The 1542CF can use up to an 8GB disk.  Given the age of the 154xCF, this
means that these controllers were really forward looking and therefore way
cool.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Steve Davidson wrote:

> The AHA-1542CF works just fine, I use it all the time.  The difference in
> the controllers is that the 40 has just the SCSI while the 42 has a floppy
> interface as well.
>
> The largest drive I've used has been 4.3GB.  Drive size (given the age of
> the controller series) may be your only issue.
>
> 			-Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Scott Zahn [SMTP:scott@xeroxparc.net]
> Sent:	Monday, October 20, 2003 14:47
> To:	JS
> Cc:	Manuel Bouyer; David S.; vugdeox@freeshell.org; netbsd-help@NetBSD.org
> Subject:	Re: SCSI Controller Card Compatibility (was: Re: BIND
> configuration)
>
> I've used the AHA-1542CF and it works perfectly.  I think the 1540CF uses
> the same controller chip.  Either that or I'm wrong.
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, JS wrote:
>
> > Hi Manuel,
> >
> > Thank you for the info.  Actually I found two nice and
> > cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
> > wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
> > them.  The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
> > and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
> > Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
> > compatible?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > J Silverman
> >
> >
> > --- Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 06:49:55AM -0700, JS wrote:
> > >
> > > SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
> > > LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example,
> > > tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> > >      NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la
> > > difference
> > > --
> >
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