Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:30:44 -0500 From: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> To: Armin Ollig <armin@metzelkueche.tabu.uni-bonn.de> Cc: Oliver.Kowalke@freudenberg.de, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux + FreeBSD on alpha (lx164) Message-ID: <37EFFE24.9D632BEC@ameslab.gov> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909271536170.18845-100000@metzelkueche.tabu.uni-bonn.de>
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Armin Ollig wrote: > > oliver, > > afaik SRM cannot boot from ide devices. > Either boot from floppy or get a cheap NCR53810. > I had to try several cards. The ASUS board with the 53810 chip does > **NOT** work. I finally found one board which does work. I think its > made by symbios. It has little dolphins on the board :-) > and works well. As early as v5.1, the SRM console will boot IDE devices. I ran NetBSD/alpha on an lx164 a long long time ago. :) Also, I have found that the Tekram cards based on the 53c875 work fine as well. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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