Adaptec 1522A controller under x86 2.1 ?

>eric@ee.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) writes:

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>> Couldn't find the x86 FAQ anywhere (even rtfm)...

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> Located on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86 .

>

>> Anyway, will an Adaptec 1522A work to boot Solaris x86 2.1 ?

>

> Nope. Tech support indicates Solaris will never support a card

>as cheap as this ($80). Have to go with the $200 1542C .

It's true the 1522A is not currently supported under Solaris x86. I don't

know who told you "Solaris will never support a card this cheap", though;

plenty of new device driver development is going on at SunSoft.

>> (and would any of them support the "native" Sun CD-ROM drive ?)

>

> Being a Sony, it will probably work; the blocksize must be set

>to 2048, so I'm told.

[1635 byte] By [CodeProf.com] at [2007-12-25 8:41:00]