Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 12:11:39 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <kpieckiel@smartrafficenter.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI and other PCI cards Message-ID: <20030503101139.GA68794@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030503093230.GA87968@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> References: <20030503084624.GA87039@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> <20030503092858.GA68642@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030503093230.GA87968@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org>
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On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 05:32:30AM -0400, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 11:28:58AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > Yes. But booting from it for example you can most likely forget. > > And given that Alpha machines often contain PCI bridge chips to get to > > (generally the # of slots >> PCs ) you might be restricted to what > > slots your card works in. So YMMV > > Why the trouble booting? If the SRM console does not recognise the card it won't be able to boot from it. Alpha's do not use the BIOS that some/most cards bring. The list of SRM supported and hence bootable adapters is rather short. And varies per Alpha model. Have you read HARDWARE.TXT? If not, do so, a lot of this is covered there. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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