From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Apr 15 5:23:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from soho.london.virgin.NET (soho.london.virgin.net [194.168.38.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2F515771 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 05:23:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scot@london.virgin.net) Received: from sulu.london.virgin.net (sulu.london.virgin.net [194.168.38.248]) by soho.london.virgin.NET (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02063; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:20:53 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (scot@localhost) by sulu.london.virgin.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA16084; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:20:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scot@london.virgin.net) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:20:45 +0100 (BST) From: Scot Elliott To: erik@habatech.no Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on 164SX board In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi. Yes - that is a problem. SRM doesn't work with the Adaptec cards - I think you'll have to use a Symbiosis or other board that's supported by both the OS and the firmware... Scot. On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 erik@habatech.no wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD on a computer based on a > 164SX board, with a 533MHz 21164PC CPU. > > I am upgrading this computer from Windows NT, where everything > worked all right, so I don't suspect my problems are related to defects in the > hardware. > > The kernel on the boot disk does not detect the IDE controller on the > motherboard, which is a Cypress 82C693 multifunction chip. > > This means that I cannot install FreeBSD. > > My other option is to move an Adaptec 2940 U2W controller to the Alpha box, > but I have doubts as to whether the SRM console can boot from this or not. > > Can anyone help me with this problem? (Updated boot disk, maybe?) > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: erik@habatech.no > Date: 15-Apr-99 > Time: 13:11:52 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > > 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