Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 13:59:18 +0200 (MET DST) From: didier@omnix.fr.org To: Gordon Henderson <gordon@drogon.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone using Adaptec 2940 & ASUS '486 boards? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960610135640.12380C-100000@zapata.omnix.fr.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960606153325.28617K-100000@unicorn>
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-- Didier Derny | My computer is Microsoft Free... didier@omnix.fr.org | FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE site I'm using an ASUS PVI486-SP3 mother board with a 5x86, and Adaptec 2940 board without any problem. I've a bios 1.10 on the adaptec board according to the AMD datasheet the 486-100 and the 5x86 are quite similar On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > It's probably not a specific FreeBSD question - but I'm trying to get > FreeBSD going on this combination. I have an ASUS '486 motherboard with > an AMD 486DX4/100 processor, Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card and a bunch of > disks. If I use an Adaptec ISA card (not sure what type, it's quite old > though) then it works a treat, if I plug in the PCI card then I get > varying degrees of success (or failure). Most of the time, during an > install it will hang in the newfs stage. > > The same hardware combination & memory in an ASUS P120 board works fine. > > Anyone have any other problems with ASUS 486 mainboards? Are they just > crap or what? I've tried 2 486 mainboards, both with similar retults, but > pluging in an ISA SCSI card or using the P120 board is fine. > > Gordon >
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