Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:31:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: erik@habatech.no, scot@london.virgin.net, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on 164SX board Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904151430380.18456-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199904151828.MAA03966@panzer.plutotech.com>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > 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, I tought the Adaptec problem was because the SRM console didn't grok the Adaptec, not because the FreeBSD kernel didn't. Could you give a few words on that? Thanks ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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