From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 02:15:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA00798 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 02:15:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA00792 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 02:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA12154; Fri, 17 May 1996 18:54:02 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605170924.SAA12154@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Compaq DeskPro To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 18:54:01 +0930 (CST) Cc: tst@titan.cs.mci.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605151750.KAA14942@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at May 15, 96 10:50:37 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > I just wanted to know if anyone created a boot floppy for the Compaq > > DeskPro? I would like to get a copy if there is one. I'm hoping that > > someone has a boot floppy that recognizes the ethernet card and scsi > > controller. > > The ethernet card is a LANCE, so the "le" driver will work, assuming > you correctly identify the IRQ, base address, etc.. That's the 'lnc' driver. You can extract the IRQ/base address info by booting with '-v' and noting the values given for the class=ethernet device that the PCI probe finds. > The SCSI controller is an older NCR chip. I thought a driver had > been written, and the author had posted about it to -hackers, but > I haven't been able to find the reference. Usually, I save that > sort of thing. I'm sure I read this too. It was a long time ago, and to be frank the SCSI interface in those machines is a box of snot. You'd be much better off spending another $50 on a _real_ PCI SCSI controller. (One of the NCR 53c810-based cards will give you rippingly good performance) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[