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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:28:05 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
To:        erik@habatech.no
Cc:        scot@london.virgin.net, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing FreeBSD on 164SX board
Message-ID:  <199904151828.MAA03966@panzer.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990415145448.erik@habatech.no> from "erik@habatech.no" at "Apr 15, 1999  2:54:48 pm"

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erik@habatech.no wrote...
> 
> On 15-Apr-99 Scot Elliott wrote:
> > Yes - my mistake - QLogic is what I meant rather than Symbiosis - sorry.
> > I haven't yet installed FreeBSD on my Alpha, but I suspect that if I did,
> > then I'd try to arrange a boot from a small IDE drive, but use the Adaptec
> > card once the kernel was loaded.
> > 
> This sounds like a good idea.  Now I just have to figure out how to do it.
> Probably a great step closer to a working solution, now.
> But I am always open for input from users who actually installed FreeBSD on
> such a system.

Just as a warning -- I don't think the Adaptec driver is functional on the
Alpha yet.  Justin has put a 7891 board in the Alpha in my office, and
intends to get the driver working, but he hasn't gotten around to it yet.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@plutotech.com


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