Very Computer

I read in Hardware-Howto and didn't see the Adaptec VL-Bus 2840/2842
SCSI mentioned.  Can I assume that Linux doesn't support the 2840/2842?
Thanks

--

Hello Andrew,

You'd better read the SCSI-howto instead of the hardware-howto:
-------------------------( from SCSI-howto )----------------------------
Archive-name: linux/howto/scsi
Last-modified: 23 Jul 1995
Version: 2.17
Copyright 1994, 1995, Drew Eckhardt
[...]
Section 4.6 : Adaptec 274x, 284x (Standard) 294x (ALPHA)
        A newer version which also supports the Adaptec 294x boards
is available at

        ftp://remus.nrl.navy.mil/pub/Linux/patches/aic7xxx.patch.gz

Supported Configurations
                274x                    284x            294x
EISA Slots :    1-12                    N/A             N/A
Ports :         N/A                     ALL             ALL
IRQs :          ALL                     ALL             ALL
DMA Channels :  N/A                     ALL             N/A

IO : port mapped, bus master

Notes:
1.  BIOS MUST be enabled
2.  The B channel on 2742AT boards is ignored.
3.  CONFIG_PCI must be set if you are using a PCI board.
[...]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Greetings from Beck'sTown, Germany,

Juergen

| For more information on our departments research activities, lectures, jobs |
| etc. have a look at our new WWW-service:    http://www.fe.uni-bremen.de/    |