From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 17:50:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA10442 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 17:50:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA10430 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 17:50:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA03684; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 12:15:45 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602200145.MAA03684@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Compaq DeskPro Support... To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 12:15:44 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at Feb 19, 96 06:59:05 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: > > I've offered my time to try and help one of the local FreeNets > with an upgrade of one of their machines from ... Linux *eech* to FreeBSD, That's very charitable! > but the hardware they are using, they've had problems with getting it all to > work well with Linux, so figure I should check and see if I should expect > similar problems with FreeBSD. > > All the info I have currently is limited, and I'm trying to get > more specs on it, but here's what I know so far: > > > ---- > > Marc, are you aware it is a proprietary EISA-based Compaq DeskPro with > onboard scsi, and an Adaptec 1742 SCSI card (the onboard one is not > supported by linux). The onboard SCSI on those things is pretty awful if I remember correctly. The 1742 is OK under FreeBSD though (make sure you upgrade it to -stable ASAP though). (I think the SCSI controller is a 53c90 or similar; not a wonderful part.) > I won't assume that the EISA will be a problem, but what about the > onboard SCSI? Does anyone know what sort of onboard SCSI the DeskPro uses? > And is it supported? Apart from that, you _may_ have some fun with the BIOS memory reporting, but I think you'll be OK. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[