Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 16:59:41 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using NCR810 with 2.0.5.R Message-ID: <199511220059.QAA07525@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199511211832.TAA01247@yedi.iaf.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Nov 21, 95 07:32:08 pm
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It's worth upgrading to 2.1 (you can do it partially.. i.e. most 2.0.5 stuff will probably run on a 2.1 kernel, so you can at least test it out by just trying the new kernel.. > > Hi > > When testing a NCR810 card I got cheaply (~ $20) using 205R I noticed > some strangeness when I tried disklabel on a virgin disk. Quite a > lot of messages from the ncr driver about some assert/assumption > failing and then a sort of scsi bus lockup. > > When I used the system's onboard 810 I had a similar experience so > it's probably not hardware. BTW Machine is a Digital Celebris P90, > 8Mb. > > General question: I plan to put this 810 in my to-be-bought Pentium. > Is 205R generally stable with a 810 or do I need 2.1R ? > > Thanks, > _ __________________________________________________________________________ > | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl > |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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