Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 02:27:23 +0300 From: Maxim Mazurok <maxim@km.ua> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: isp(4) Message-ID: <20041019232722.GB350@km.ua> In-Reply-To: <20041015124550.GH1446@km.ua> References: <20041015075534.GG1446@km.ua> <20041015114653.GA3792@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20041015124550.GH1446@km.ua>
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 03:45:50PM +0300, Maxim Mazurok wrote: >>> Now, disks in this alpha - old SCSI on sym(4) controller. >>> I need change all disks in this server. >>> I have FC-AL isp(4) controller and some FC-AL disks. Controller and disks >>> are tested under freebsd-i386 and freebsd-sparc64 and worked perfectly. >>> >>> So, i have two questions: >>> >>> 1. anybody use isp(4) under freebsd-alpha? >> >>Not in production, I have used it for some experiments in the past. > >ok > >>> 2. can alpha srm boot from isp(4) directly widthout any another disks in >>> system? >> >>Typicall not, given that the SRM console firmware for Fibrechannel only >>supports Emulex adapters. DEC/CPQ/HP only support Emulex on Alpha for Tru64 >>& OpenVMS, thats why. > >it's bad, but Qlogic 2100 - it's standart CAM controller. and alpha SRM most >frendly to any cards, in comparison with sparc64. >I found very old PCI alpha and at next week try to boot from Qlogic FC-AL. So, alpha SRM can't boot from Qlogic 2100. it's fact. I have mo question :) Can i boot loader (or width kernel) from floppy or CDROM, and after this mount rootFS from isp(4)? if YES, what i need to do for create image for floppy(preffered) or cdrom? P.S. sorry for my bad english. -- Maxim Mazurok (MMP2-RIPE)
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