Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:22:07 +0200 From: Ulrich <freebsd-alpha@infopuls.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PWS500a (Mitia) first install Message-ID: <20050723012207.12309.qmail@igel.cyberlink.ch> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0507230111590.861@tea.blinkenlights.nl> References: <20050721213241.28305.qmail@igel.cyberlink.ch> <20050722031715.GC41313@dragon.NUXI.org> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0507230111590.861@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
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Thanks, David and Sten. Sten Spans writes: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, David O'Brien wrote: > >> I would buy a Qlogic 1040 or LSI 'sym(4)' card cheep on eBay. The IDE >> conroller in the PWS500a is simply a POS. > > Adaptec 2940uw is bootable with certain srm versions, > Symbios 895's are a good choise too. > > Please note that boot support has nothing to do with > freebsd. SRM has to support the particular adaptor. > > if the box came with 2940 booting from it may just work .. The box is capable of booting Windows/NT 3.51 from one of the two 2 GB disks attached to the Adaptec. AlphaBIOS Version: 5.29 970226.1314 I already downloaded the files from the HP site with the current version. I hesitate a little bit to perform the upgrade because I never did that and I know that it may damage the system if something goes wrong. I'm gonne buy a high capacity 2,5 " SCSI disk to replace the two 2 GB disks. If the system can boot from it - perfect! If not, I'll use the CDROM or the floppy disks to boot from. I'm eager to get the box up and running now since it is here for about 4 months. Thanks for the advice!
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