Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 23:40:37 -0800 From: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaPC post-install BOOT - how? Message-ID: <382E6775.A5E711A7@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911132334160.79377-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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I was sure that I saw a note somewhere that installation had to be from a controller other than Adaptec. I've got a couple of Adaptec 2940 controllers (I don't always buy cheap) but didn't use one because of the note... Adaptec 2940 will work? Thanks, craig ========================== Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Well, clearly it's not seeing an NCR/Symbios chip it unsderstands- 1000 is > the Vendor ID for NCR/Symbios (now LSI), but 8f is off in the weeds > somewhere- some randomass product ID so that one cannot recognize > specifically what chipset it is. Well, you bought cheap and got cheap.... > I think yer outta luck here- this would not even work for > Tru64/Linux/NetBSD, etc.. > > It *does* see your IDE drive tho- so if you install the latest -current > snapshot onto the IDE drive, you oughta be able to cook with that... > > On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Craig Burgess wrote: > > > No, no controller obviously in 'show conf' > > > > Also SRM console ver 5.5-1... > > SROM rev 2.2 > > DECchip 21172 CIA ASIC Pass 3 > > blah blah > > PCI Bus > > Bus 00 Slot 05: Vendor: 3d3d Device: 9 > > Bus 00 Slot 07: Vendor: 1000 Device: 8f > > Bus 00 Slot 08: Vendor: Intel 82378IB PCI to ISA Bridge > > Bus 00 Slot 11: CMD PCI0646 ICE Controller > > dqa.0.0.11.0 > > dqa0.0.0.11.0 WDC AC12 500L > > blah blah > > > > craig > > ========================== > > > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > > > > > AlphaPC 164 system w/ Diamond Fireport (Symbios) SCSI controller. Brand > > > > new IBM disk. > > > > > > Does ``show conf'' actually find this SCSI card? I've got a Diamond > > > FP-20 in a PC164SX with SRM Console V5.5-1 / OpenVMS PALcode V1.21-6, > > > Digital UNIX PALcode V1.23-6 / SROM Revision: 3.11 but it doesn't find > > > it. All I get is: > > > > > > PCI Bus > > > Bus 00 Slot 05: DECchip 21140-AA > > > ewa0.0.0.5.0 > > > Bus 00 Slot 07: 008F1000/80001092 > > > ..snip.. > > > > > > which prevents me from booting fron any SCSI drives on it. > > > > > > -- > > > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) > > > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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