From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 1 22:01:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9722C16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:01:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D1A43D46 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:01:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k11M1BjK078229; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:01:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k11M1B4r027510; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:01:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k11M1BsI027509; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:01:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:01:11 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Eric Millbrandt Message-ID: <20060201220111.GA27492@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <878xswb15d.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> <43E12CF3.90209@coldhaus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43E12CF3.90209@coldhaus.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEC KZPSC X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:01:16 -0000 On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 04:49:39PM -0500, Eric Millbrandt wrote.. > The i386 version of the card is called a Mylex dac960pd. I seem to > remember downloading alpha utilities/firmware from the mylex site. The > card is very picky about the memory it takes, which might be your > problem. I needs simms with parity or it won't work. You can find the I think it needs 36 bit FPM SIMMs. 4 or 32MB. > exact memory requirements in the manuals for the dac960pd. > > I used to own one of these cards until it died one day. I remember > having to flash the card to a "current" bios, maybe 2.73?, before it Not BIOS, firmware. > would work properly on an alphapc164 with Freebsd 4.x. Flashing it was > a pain since the dec utilities only ran under arc firmware. The utility > for building your raid drives also only runs under arc. Yeah... good fun huh? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org