From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 6 23:46:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06209 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:46:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles131.castles.com [208.214.165.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06202 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:46:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00421; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:46:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811070746.XAA00421@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC164LX Outcome In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 02:50:25 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 23:46:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > To all those who helped and cared - Thank you very much. > > The diagnosis is indeed a dead disk controller. > Once I got over my timidity in the face of the unknown (new hardware), and > gathered eough junk, and put the kids to bed, I managed to isolate the > problem very clearly. > > Last Question: Exactly what disk controllers can this motherboard support? > Where can I get one? You can expect that the NCR 53c810 and '875 should be supported; if the board has a BIOS just rip it out (eg. ASUS SC875, Diamond Fireport). You'll also be OK with at least some boards with the Qlogic chips on then, I expect the isp1010, 1020 and 1040 would be OK. The NCR's are definitely the easiest to get. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message