From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 26 12:47:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05499 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 12:47:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abby.skypoint.net (abby.skypoint.net [199.86.32.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05462 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 12:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rpj@fep.hirshfields.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by abby.skypoint.net (8.8.7/jl 1.3) with UUCP id OAA17979; Tue, 26 May 1998 14:46:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from rpj@localhost) by fep.hirshfields.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA19486; Tue, 26 May 1998 14:25:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roger P. Johnson" Message-Id: <199805261925.OAA19486@fep.hirshfields.com> Subject: Re: I got 2940UW timeout problem also ... NEWSFLASH conclusion To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:25:16 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "May 24, 98 00:30:12 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Heh. I just installed the _exact_ same card and both drives into a Gateway 2000 pc that has an AMIBIOS verses the Phoenix BIOS that is in the DEC pc's that I have so many of. Guess what? The darn thing booted up FreeBSD that was on the SCSI #0 hard disk like it should have. Here is another gotcha! Remember the "Read Error" problem I was having with the Phoneix BIOS? This hard drive had the patched boot block to deal with it, and with this Gateway/AMIBIOS, FreeBSD booted properly, it didn't hit my patched code section! Good gawlly! These boot/controller cards issues are all in what crummy BIOS you have on the motherboard! Please make mention of that in the FAQ/HARDWARE section. Ugh. This makes two ugly, double whammy's solve just by the BIOS/motherboard combo! I'm happy, but the DEC pc's have been soooooooooooo reliable in uptime and no down time that I hate to abandon them. Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message