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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