From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 5 22:35:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA10713 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:35:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10706 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:35:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA25203; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:35:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:35:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Johann Visagie cc: Norman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD on Compaq ProSignia (ncr53c710 onboard SCSI controller) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Johann Visagie wrote: > Hmmm. FWIW, I installed 2.2.1-R on a Prosignia (300, I think it was. A P100 > or P120, I think.) back in early '96. The first problem I ran into was that > the generic kernel on the install floppy didn't have support for the NCR SCSI > controller compiled in. So I borrowed some generic Adaptec (can't remember > which) from a friend and installed from there. I then recompiled a kernel > with ncr0 and, as I remember, it faithfully picked up both SCSI host > adapters. Of course, I then removed the Adaptec and switched my devices to > the on-board controller, so I never actually ran both in parallel. Eh? Are you telling me that you have a patched ncr driver that **supports** the 710? I didn't think it knew how to talk to it. Are you sure it isn't a 810? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message