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From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
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To: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net>
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Subject: Re: Alpha PC164 Hardware - 53C895 SCSI controller?
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SRM doesn't know about the 895.


On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Craig Burgess wrote:

> I'm positive that this isn't really a FreeBSD problem but don't know
> where else to ask --
> 
> FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #4: Wed Aug 23 23:17:04 PDT 2000
> 
> EB164
> Digital AlphaPC 164 500 MHz, 500MHz
> 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
> CPU: EV56 (21164A) major=7 minor=2 extensions=0x1<BWX>
> OSF PAL rev: 0x1000800020117
> real memory  = 265904128 (259672K bytes)
> avail memory = 252829696 (246904K bytes)
> 
> Replaced working controller (ncr0: <ncr 53c825 fast10 wide scsi>) with
> 53C895 (Tekram  DC390-U2B) and new Cheetah drive. 
> 
> Booted from floppy and installed 4.1 via FTP without a problem. 
> 
> At reboot, there's no bootable drive available. SRM is the latest I
> could find [Digital AlphaPC 164 500MHz Console V5.5.1 Jul 14 1999].
> 
> Controller is  and and it works in a PC - sees the drive.
> 
> Searching the archives didn't turn up anything useful. Does anyone
> know if this controller/drive be used for booting -- and if so, what I
> need to do? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Craig Burgess
> 
> -- 
>  ... mind like a steel trap: things wander in and get mangled ...
> 
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