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To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
cc: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG,
        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: Installing 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 16:51:57 GMT."
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Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 09:08:27 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> The problem is that the SRM firmware (which is what we currently use) can
> only boot from scsi hardware for which it has a built-in driver.  As far
> as I know, that list is limited to isp, ncr and possibly ahc hardware.

Not ahc last I checked on my Durango box, but perhaps there has been
an update?  I guess I should check - I just assumed that SRM being a
cost item (I paid $170 for my copy) meant that you could pretty much
forget about any free upgrades.

- Jordan

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