Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 23:44:56 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaPC post-install BOOT - how? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911132343360.79377-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <382E6775.A5E711A7@home.com>
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I don't believe that any version of the SRM groks the Adaptec, although I'd love to be wrong, nor do I know the actual FreeBSD state for the adaptec driver. Get a Qlogic 10X0, another NCR/Symbios board the f/w groks or install on top of the IDE drive. On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Craig Burgess wrote: > I was sure that I saw a note somewhere that installation had to be from > a controller other than Adaptec. I've got a couple of Adaptec 2940 > controllers (I don't always buy cheap) but didn't use one because of the > note... Adaptec 2940 will work? > > Thanks, > craig > ========================== > Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > Well, clearly it's not seeing an NCR/Symbios chip it unsderstands- 1000 is > > the Vendor ID for NCR/Symbios (now LSI), but 8f is off in the weeds > > somewhere- some randomass product ID so that one cannot recognize > > specifically what chipset it is. Well, you bought cheap and got cheap.... > > I think yer outta luck here- this would not even work for > > Tru64/Linux/NetBSD, etc.. > > > > It *does* see your IDE drive tho- so if you install the latest -current > > snapshot onto the IDE drive, you oughta be able to cook with that... > > > > On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Craig Burgess wrote: > > > > > No, no controller obviously in 'show conf' > > > > > > Also SRM console ver 5.5-1... > > > SROM rev 2.2 > > > DECchip 21172 CIA ASIC Pass 3 > > > blah blah > > > PCI Bus > > > Bus 00 Slot 05: Vendor: 3d3d Device: 9 > > > Bus 00 Slot 07: Vendor: 1000 Device: 8f > > > Bus 00 Slot 08: Vendor: Intel 82378IB PCI to ISA Bridge > > > Bus 00 Slot 11: CMD PCI0646 ICE Controller > > > dqa.0.0.11.0 > > > dqa0.0.0.11.0 WDC AC12 500L > > > blah blah > > > > > > craig > > > ========================== > > > > > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > > > > > > > AlphaPC 164 system w/ Diamond Fireport (Symbios) SCSI controller. Brand > > > > > new IBM disk. > > > > > > > > Does ``show conf'' actually find this SCSI card? I've got a Diamond > > > > FP-20 in a PC164SX with SRM Console V5.5-1 / OpenVMS PALcode V1.21-6, > > > > Digital UNIX PALcode V1.23-6 / SROM Revision: 3.11 but it doesn't find > > > > it. All I get is: > > > > > > > > PCI Bus > > > > Bus 00 Slot 05: DECchip 21140-AA > > > > ewa0.0.0.5.0 > > > > Bus 00 Slot 07: 008F1000/80001092 > > > > ..snip.. > > > > > > > > which prevents me from booting fron any SCSI drives on it. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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