Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 17:41:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Wes Kurdziolek <xunil@lactating-monkeys.net> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 500au Message-ID: <200105142141.f4ELfTX19442@coruscant.lactating-monkeys.net>
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I've got an unmodified 500au that was bought from Compaq that came w/ an ATAPI CD- ROM drive. Of course, it was probably custom-ordered over the phone. ---- Original Message ---- From: David O'Brien Date: Mon 5/14/01 15:47 To: Michael A. Smith Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 500au On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:24:21PM +0100, Michael A. Smith wrote: > The "a" models (433a, 500a, 600a) are a tiny bit different from the "au" > models. They have Adaptec SCSI boards (from which you cannot boot via SRM) > PLUS the motherboard layouts are a bit different. They *are* physically > different machines. That is NOT true. EVERY `a' model I've seen has a Qlogic 1040 SCSI controller in it. I am willing to bet someone replaced it with the Adaptec controller you have. The motherboard layouts are the same. What do you think is different about them? Or are you comparing the MX5 models with the GL models? I do know that the `a' models have ATAPI CDROM drives vs. the SCSI ones of the `au' models. I believe there are also video differences between the two models. Every Miata I have bought for FreeBSD development (5) + the DEC loaners are `a' modules and all run FreeBSD fine w/o hardware changes once the firmware was updated and switched to SRM. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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