From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Oct 8 11: 8:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2997537B66D for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 11:08:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13iKsD-0001ef-00; Sun, 08 Oct 2000 18:08:33 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e98IAcf98545; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:10:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:10:38 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Matthew Jacob Cc: Craig Burgess , FreeBSD-alpha mailing list Subject: Re: Alpha PC164 Hardware - 53C895 SCSI controller? Message-ID: <20001008201038.A98525@freebie.demon.nl> References: <39E0AF4C.F3740CC0@home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from mjacob@feral.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:53:48AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:53:48AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > SRM doesn't know about the 895. More specifically: this machine's SRM. I know ES40 for example knows 895, as I have an ES40 booting off it at work. W/ > On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Craig Burgess wrote: > > > I'm positive that this isn't really a FreeBSD problem but don't know > > where else to ask -- > > > > FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #4: Wed Aug 23 23:17:04 PDT 2000 > > > > EB164 > > Digital AlphaPC 164 500 MHz, 500MHz > > 8192 byte page size, 1 processor. > > CPU: EV56 (21164A) major=7 minor=2 extensions=0x1 > > OSF PAL rev: 0x1000800020117 > > real memory = 265904128 (259672K bytes) > > avail memory = 252829696 (246904K bytes) > > > > Replaced working controller (ncr0: ) with > > 53C895 (Tekram DC390-U2B) and new Cheetah drive. > > > > Booted from floppy and installed 4.1 via FTP without a problem. > > > > At reboot, there's no bootable drive available. SRM is the latest I > > could find [Digital AlphaPC 164 500MHz Console V5.5.1 Jul 14 1999]. > > > > Controller is and and it works in a PC - sees the drive. > > > > Searching the archives didn't turn up anything useful. Does anyone > > know if this controller/drive be used for booting -- and if so, what I > > need to do? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Craig Burgess > > > > -- > > ... mind like a steel trap: things wander in and get mangled ... > > > > > > 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 ---end quoted text--- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message