From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed May 22 11: 6:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC1C37B444 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 11:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4MI4ZwY011362; Wed, 22 May 2002 20:04:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4MI4ZWf011357; Wed, 22 May 2002 20:04:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 20:04:35 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Sten Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 164SX Hardware notes Message-ID: <20020522200435.C11145@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from sten@blinkenlights.nl on Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:15:16AM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:15:16AM +0200, Sten wrote: > > Just some things I figured out while > playing with my 164SX-533mhz. > > Ide : > the onboard ide stinks ( max 6-8mb ), get a promise > card ( 20mb hardware max ). Be aware that udma66 cable > may cause problems, an udma33 cable helped. > > Scsi : > There is quite a lot of confusion regarding bootable scsi adaptors. > I did some tests with the latest firmware ( 5.8 ) leading to the > following conclusions. > Adaptec 2924uw works, anything beyond that ( 2924u2, 29160 ) isn't 2924? Or do you mean 2940? -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message