From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Dec 6 18:45:24 2000 From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 18:45:22 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (cm-24-246-28-166.toney.mediacom.ispchannel.com [24.246.28.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CB2E37B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:45:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB72hnF11399; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:43:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200012070243.eB72hnF11399@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: dan@langille.org Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Roudier , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: sym SCSI card problems during settle wait In-reply-to: Message from "Dan Langille" of "Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:28:29 +1300." <200012070129.OAA22551@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 20:43:49 -0600 Sender: dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Dan Langille" writes: > btw: I've been told this offline: > = > "That's a DFI motherboard, and you may not be able to boot from a SCSI > drive with the SC200 because it doesn't have its own BIOS - it uses the= > BIOS on an ASUS motherboard (for which it was designed). It should = > work OK as a non-booting controller (for CDROM, scanner, etc.), = > however." Is it possible the BIOS inits something the sym driver doesn't? As to BIOS on the MB, in the olden days NCR had a semi-successful kit = for grafting the NCR BIOS routines into flashable BIOS. May have pulled = it as many trashed their BIOS good and dead. Maybe DFI offers an = updated BIOS with NCR BIOS? As I think I stated earlier, the Symbios chips ending with 5 have the = proper glue for BIOS PROM/Flash on the card. Dan, haven't looked into their policies on foreign orders but their = name is Centrix *International*, and they offer Symbios-brand '825 = cards for US $39. http://www.centrix-intl.com/. Have purchased from = them in the past and not been disappointed. Well, *am* disappointed = they are out of the '875 cards. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message