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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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