Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:10:38 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alpha PC164 Hardware - 53C895 SCSI controller? Message-ID: <20001008201038.A98525@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010081053400.46979-100000@beppo.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:53:48AM -0700 References: <39E0AF4C.F3740CC0@home.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010081053400.46979-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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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<BWX> > > OSF PAL rev: 0x1000800020117 > > real memory = 265904128 (259672K bytes) > > avail memory = 252829696 (246904K bytes) > > > > Replaced working controller (ncr0: <ncr 53c825 fast10 wide scsi>) 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
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