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Date:      Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:06:44 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        curtis <ufkartfm@pacific.net>
Cc:        sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DEC Multia 
Message-ID:  <199811210506.VAA00334@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:10 GMT." <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> 

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> > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia?
> 
> (smile) Yes and No
> 
> Via the NetBSD method, I managed to build enough 'stuff' to get a
> FreeBSD kernel header to appear; however, it would not work all
> of the time (1 in 3 tries) due to ncr0 falling asleep.

For the longest time, this was due to interrupts not working - the ncr 
driver has a timeout handler which results in functional but poor 
performance.

This *should* be fixed, but I haven't had time to put the install and 
my Multia together yet; still too much other crap going on. 8(

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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