Darren, Thanks for the comment. Well, the reasons that I am heavily prejudiced in favor of the Adaptec adapter are my time crunch (I need this to work correctly "yesterday"), the clear Dell and OpenBSD support for it, and my ignorance about SCSI adapters combined with the slow pace at which I would form a personal adapter preference.
Apologies. :-( -Victor At 10:47 AM 5/26/2006, you wrote: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> When I started trying to resolve this, I knew that the add-in >> card was a >> possible solution, and I am leaning towards it more now, especially >> since the Adaptec 39160 that the tech suggested is on the OpenBSD >> supported hardware list. >> I am not committed to that approach yet, or fully convinced of the >> necessity of that solution, so I would still receive any further >> redirection, suggestions, or comments, with appreciation and great >> interest. > >Don't know what makes that card special, but if you're not locked into >Adaptec for any real reason, you should consider purchasing hardware from a >vendor who is more open and friendly to the open source community than >Adaptec. Why line their pockets if they won't support you? You'll be doing >yourself a favor in the end. > >DS
