Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:18:58 -0800 From: "Seamus Wassman" <sparhawk@ImLazy.net> To: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: IDE interface on an AlphaServer 400 (Avanti) Message-ID: <LGEHLOFOAAMOLELMOAJJEECCCAAA.sparhawk@ImLazy.net> In-Reply-To: <15460.8421.398426.602221@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Thanks for your help :) at least I know its nothing I have configured wrong causing this. Unfortunately most of the promise cards are pci, and all my pci slots are full, but if I pick up an old ISA ide controller that should work, right? Seamus -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Gallatin [mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:03 AM To: Seamus Wassman Cc: Wilko Bulte; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: IDE interface on an AlphaServer 400 (Avanti) Seamus Wassman writes: > I have no interest in booting off of it, from what Ive seen in my searches > through the mailing lists this isn't possible anyways, Its booting fine off > of the scsi disks. What I would like to do is be able to attach an extra > IDE harddrive so I can have some more storage space in the machine. Right > now 8GB (2x 4GB Seagate Baracuda) isnt enough space for what I want to use > the machine for, and large scsi disks are out of my price range. > I think the SRM disables the ide interface. osf/1 from the vintage of the avantii doesn't support ide & they probably didn't want to confuse things.. Get a Promise card. I'm using an old one in a Miata because its onboard Cypress IDE is a dog. Highpoint's may work, but I've never tried them in an alpha. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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