From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 17:47:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A6616A41F for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:47:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aunchaki@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2B743D55 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:47:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aunchaki@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 55so1015600wri for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:47:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Xw3S62LJE/e4qUtCpdRmdGDMYsx/RSDAHCBFTehMi/JUKWKH1Mjmh3GBTBHFORtcYBqKeXD2EluambAbD5VWnOopkNYcVc3CWxOWmYmtEOmHcwNpmigynHbv1NHwOAbbP9jcj5xSpCGE75UzPNqcI9PSnrFT1nhSLA+96IFrHsQ= Received: by 10.54.11.70 with SMTP id 70mr2219898wrk; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.4.56 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <29740e71050725104745f05dd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:47:08 -0400 From: Michael Smith To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050721213241.28305.qmail@igel.cyberlink.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050721213241.28305.qmail@igel.cyberlink.ch> Subject: Re: PWS500a (Mitia) first install X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: msmith@code-fu.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:47:10 -0000 > I bought a used PWS500a with two 2 GB disks attached to an Adaptec2940(UW= ) > SCSI controller and a Toshiba ATAPI CD-ROM drive attached to a second SCS= I > bus... >=20 > I would be happy if someone could give me some advice what I should buy a= nd > how I should proceed to get the box running freebsd 4.11. I thought of > buying an IDE disk and removing the 2 small SCSI disks which have Windows= /NT > 4 installed on them. I already opened the box and detected that there isn= 't > much space left so I doubt whether I find a place where I can put the IDE > drive. Ulrich Sever or eight years ago I got a similar PWS433a -- 2 2GB SCSI drives on a 2940UW and a Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM drive. I replaced the Adaptec card with a Qlogic-based card from Tekram. It was cheap and works perfectly. For FreeBSD installs, I've always booted from the CD-ROM drive and installed to the SCSI drive (once I got the new SCSI card). It's been running FreeBSD ever since. It's running 4.11 perfectly right now. I've used it as a workstation, and now it's a server. You may encounter problems getting XFree86 or Xorg running with modern video cards. I've got an old Matrox Millenium II and it worked fine (though I haven't run X on it in years). It's a fantastic machine -- built like a tank. Good luck! --=20 Michael A. Smith "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." --Franklin Delano Roosevelt