On 24 Feb 98 at 9:56, TW Kayos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [back and forth about deciding if 2920 is supported snipped]
This is a perfect example of why computers (any OS, any platform) are such a pain (can't find the one detail you need) and why the 'net is such a wonderful tool. The hardware howto does in fact list the 2920 as supported. However, the aic7xxx readme does NOT list the 2920. Conclusion: 2920 is supported, but not by the aic7xxx driver. I did some searching using Dejanews and the archives for this mailing list. Here's what I found: The Adaptec 2920 is in fact a Future Domain TMC3260. Windows 95 correctly identifies it as a Future Domain (score 1 for Redmond). To use this SCSI adapter with Linux you need to use the fdomain driver *not* the aic7xxx driver. At the LILO boot you should add fdomain=0xEFA0,11 (These are my settings, YMMV) or add the command to lilo.conf thusly: append="fdomain=0xEFA0,11" The fdomain driver can be compiled into the kernal (recommended) or added as a module. I don't have Linux (yet) on my box with the 2920. Would someone please confirm that my research is correct and that this procedure does in fact work? Richard B. Talley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network." -Tim Berners-Lee in Technology Review, July 1996 quoted at 'Best Viewed With Any Browser' http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
