Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:53:53 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001208195353.A7717@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012081122300.29249-100000@mail.cafes.net>; from diz@cafes.net on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:31:28AM -0600 References: <20001208175956.A6118@freebie.demon.nl> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012081122300.29249-100000@mail.cafes.net>
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:31:28AM -0600, Mike Eldridge wrote: > > > mundane task of getting the first few blocks off a controller that SRM > > > pretends isn't there. > > > > My vision: don't we have enough problems with getting the alpha port > > working on the various alphas? I mean, do we really need extra complexities > > that might be triggered by hardware that has not been tested with SRM > > and needs weird hacks? > > Weird hacks suck in the grand scheme of things, especially when you need a > lot of them, it makes things ugly. :) > > So what about simply booting from a floppy with the neccessary kernel on > it and mounting the root filesystem from there? FreeBSD will recognize > the device whether SRM sees it or not, correct? Is this not a feasible > option? Yep, that is what I would do. Or get an el-cheapo Symbios 810 PCIcard and a smallish SCSI disk to boot from. Data can then be put on an Adaptec (or whatever) driven SCSI card or on some Alphas on an IDE drive (even cheaper) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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