From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 8 10:54:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 10:54:19 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7591537B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:54:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 144Set-0006UW-00; Fri, 08 Dec 2000 18:54:15 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB8IrrK07731; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:53:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:53:53 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Eldridge Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001208195353.A7717@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20001208175956.A6118@freebie.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from diz@cafes.net on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:31:28AM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:31:28AM -0600, Mike Eldridge wrote: > > > mundane task of getting the first few blocks off a controller that SRM > > > pretends isn't there. > > > > My vision: don't we have enough problems with getting the alpha port > > working on the various alphas? I mean, do we really need extra complexities > > that might be triggered by hardware that has not been tested with SRM > > and needs weird hacks? > > Weird hacks suck in the grand scheme of things, especially when you need a > lot of them, it makes things ugly. :) > > So what about simply booting from a floppy with the neccessary kernel on > it and mounting the root filesystem from there? FreeBSD will recognize > the device whether SRM sees it or not, correct? Is this not a feasible > option? Yep, that is what I would do. Or get an el-cheapo Symbios 810 PCIcard and a smallish SCSI disk to boot from. Data can then be put on an Adaptec (or whatever) driven SCSI card or on some Alphas on an IDE drive (even cheaper) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message