Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:18:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Sven Hazejager <sven@chain.demon.nl> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on this Alpha board? Message-ID: <20011226201830.A14817@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011226180952.W2741-100000@proxy.chain.loc>; from sven@chain.demon.nl on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:14:33PM %2B0100 References: <20011226180952.W2741-100000@proxy.chain.loc>
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:14:33PM +0100, Sven Hazejager wrote: Sven, Can you get the DEC part# for it? Looks like 54-xxxxx-xx and is somewhere on the mainboard (normally somewhere on the edge of the board). I should be able to verify using the docs I have what this board is. Have you checked the docs for FreeBSD/alpha? I don't recall what the 164LX can do as far as IDE goes Wilko > I'm in the position to buy a used Alpha motherboard with 256MB RAM > and a 533 MHz CPU. It has 2MB cache, 2 ISA slots, 2 64-bit PCI slots and 2 > 32-bit PCI slots, so I *think* this is a PC164LX board. The seller says > the BIOS is version 5.60-3. > > Now the question is: will 4.4-STABLE work on this board? Does it boot from > large, modern IDE disks (ie. a 40 GB one)? > > Thanks, > > Sven > > If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes. > -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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