Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:08:57 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Ki-Yeol Park <lefance@kornet.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC & ATA Contorller for AS1200 Message-ID: <20040119190856.GN57592@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20040119185125.GM57592@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <400C2352.9080401@kornet.net> <20040119185125.GM57592@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:51:26PM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:34:58AM +0900, Ki-Yeol Park wrote: > > I'm trying to run FreeBSD 5.2R on an old DEC Alphaserver 1200 system. > > > > 1. Can I use rl(4) ethernet device on this system, though it is not > > recognized by SRM Console? > > The rl driver should work on alpha, although rl based cards are the > least efficient cards supported by FreeBSD. > > > 2. Is there ANY recommended ATA or ATA-RAID Controller I can use on > > this system? > > Principaly all controllers should work that also work under i386, but > none is supported by SRM so you need a different media to boot from. I should add that you must be aware of raid controllers that require any x86 specific tools/BIOS for setup. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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