From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 23 15:26:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from quark.ChrisBowman.com (crbowman.erols.com [209.122.47.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D77C14E5D for ; Sun, 23 May 1999 15:26:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Received: from fermion (fermion.ChrisBowman.com [10.0.1.2]) by quark.ChrisBowman.com (8.9.2/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA02044; Sun, 23 May 1999 18:26:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Message-Id: <199905232226.SAA02044@quark.ChrisBowman.com> X-Sender: crb@quark X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 18:24:33 -0400 To: dg@root.com From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: Quad Processor System Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199905232142.OAA05949@implode.root.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:42 PM 5/23/99 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >>http://www.intel.com/design/servers/SC450NX/index.htm >> >>Hey guys, I am looking for a quad processor board to use with FreeBSD. >> >>I found Intel's SC450NX motherboard: >>http://www.intel.com/design/servers/SC450NX/index.htm >> >>And Micro-xpress has an "almost" system for sale using this: >>http://www.microx-press.com/online/product.asp?dept%5Fid=15300&sku=MBRIN400 >> >>There is a LOT of high-end hardware in this system, I don't know what will >>and won't work with FreeBSD (since I've never been able to afford it until >>now) and would love to get some real FreeBSD hardware gurus to help me out. >>If anyone has time, take a look and let me know.. I would REALLY appreciate >>it and will repay whomever in any way I can. > > The onboard Symbios SCSI controller won't work, but you can work around >that by plugging in an Adaptec aha-2940u2w. I put together such a system for >a client who is quite happy with it. > >-DG Why doesn't the onboard Symbios SCSI controller work? -------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com http://www.ChrisBowman.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message