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Date:      Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:10:38 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Alpha PC164 Hardware - 53C895 SCSI controller?
Message-ID:  <20001008201038.A98525@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010081053400.46979-100000@beppo.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:53:48AM -0700
References:  <39E0AF4C.F3740CC0@home.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010081053400.46979-100000@beppo.feral.com>

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On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:53:48AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
> SRM doesn't know about the 895.

More specifically: this machine's SRM. I know ES40 for example knows
895, as I have an ES40 booting off it at work.

W/

> 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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