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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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