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Date:      Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:41:19 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Norman <doublem@ntr.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation of FreeBSD on Compaq ProSignia 
Message-ID:  <199803050541.VAA24451@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:24:08 PST." <199803050518.AAA22829@rome.ntr.net> 

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> Compaq ProSignia 486 DX/2 66 manufactured in April/1993 with an onboard
> ncr53c710 SCSI controller card for hard drives only. Populated with a
> Seagate Barracuda (Narrow) and an HP drive (Barracuda partitioned with DOS
> (FAT) and majority Windows NT Workstation (NTFS)).

I don't believe that the '710 is supported.

> An Adaptec AHA-1740 populated with a WangDAT Model 3100 tape drive and a
> Panasonic (MATSHITA) CD-ROM (CR-508).
> 
> Has anyone successful installed FreeBSD with this configuration (minus the
> population specific, but with the two SCSI controller specifics)?
> 
> Any assistance would be appreciated. I would like to devote drive1 (HP
> drive) to FreeBSD and still be able to multi-boot to Windows NT, DOS, and
> FreeBSD.

You might be better off getting a new, cheap disk (eg. IBM DCAS34330) 
and putting it on the 1740, which is supported.  This combination will 
work quite well.
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