Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:41:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Norman <doublem@ntr.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD on Compaq ProSignia Message-ID: <199803050541.VAA24451@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:24:08 PST." <199803050518.AAA22829@rome.ntr.net>
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> List Members: > > Compaq ProSignia 486 DX/2 66 manufactured in April/1993 with an onboard > ncr53c710 SCSI controller card for hard drives only. Populated with a > Seagate Barracuda (Narrow) and an HP drive (Barracuda partitioned with DOS > (FAT) and majority Windows NT Workstation (NTFS)). I don't believe that the '710 is supported. > An Adaptec AHA-1740 populated with a WangDAT Model 3100 tape drive and a > Panasonic (MATSHITA) CD-ROM (CR-508). > > Has anyone successful installed FreeBSD with this configuration (minus the > population specific, but with the two SCSI controller specifics)? > > Any assistance would be appreciated. I would like to devote drive1 (HP > drive) to FreeBSD and still be able to multi-boot to Windows NT, DOS, and > FreeBSD. You might be better off getting a new, cheap disk (eg. IBM DCAS34330) and putting it on the 1740, which is supported. This combination will work quite well. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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