Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:54:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us (Bill Campbell) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec AVA-1505 and AVA-1515 Message-ID: <199605210224.LAA24194@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <CC80880C33@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> from "Bill Campbell" at May 20, 96 08:51:36 am
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Bill Campbell stands accused of saying: > > I checked the questions archive with no luck, and I haven't seen it > on a FreeBSD compatability list so I'll ask here. Does FreeBSD > currently support either the Adaptec AVA-1505 or AVA-1515 PIO SCSI > controllers? Yes. AFAIK they're based on the AIC-6260, which is supported by the 'aic' driver. > If so and I get the AVA-1515 (which has BIOS for booting) should I > be able to boot FreeBSD off of the Syquest drive? Basically, I may Theoretically yes. > need to get a SCSI controller just to run the Syqest EZ-135 drive > primarily under OS/2, but the option to tinker around with FreeBSD on > the same machine would be useful. Therefore, I would be trying to > boot FreeBSD off of the Syquest via OS/2 Boot Manager. (Do I even > have to have a SCSI controller with bios boot support or could I get > away with doing something with OS/2 Boot Manager or a diskette which > would allow me to run off the Syquest?) You could boot a kernel off a DOS partition using FBSDBOOT.EXE, which would probably be able to talk to the EZ-135 OK. Note that the EZ-135 apparently lies about its geometry. > * Bill Campbell email: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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