Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 20:26:39 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: William Chin <wechin@acs.bu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Configuration Message-ID: <199602211926.AA17741@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: William Chin <wechin@acs.bu.edu> "Hardware Configuration" (Feb 21, 13:45)
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On Feb 21, 13:45, William Chin wrote: } Subject: Hardware Configuration } } Hi- } } I was hoping to install FreeBSD 2.1 (Jan 96) on my computer } but have a question about my hardware configuration. I have a } } HP Vectra 5/90c } PCI Bus } AMD PCI Bus SCSI controller (AMD 79c974) } 1 scsi-2 HD 1.0GB } 1 ide HD 240MB } Matrox MGA-PCI/2+ } } I didn't see my SCSI controller on the list of "acceptable" } hardware. During the probing for devices on the PCI } Bus, it printed out the following: } } PCI0:4:AMD, Device=0x2020, class=storage (scsi) [Do Driver Assigned] } } Does this mean that I am not able to install FreeBSD with my } current hardware, or is my controller similar to one on the list } and I just have to correctly assigne it. One previous suggestion } was to purchase a new PCI SCSI controller. Only the Ethernet part of the AMD Combo chip is supported by FreeBSD (use the lnc0 driver). } I was able to copy some files from the CD onto part of my IDE hard } drive to load FreeBSD from a dos partion, but I am hoping to be able } to use both my SCSI hard drive and CD rom. Any help, comments, or } suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Well, either write a driver and contribute it, or get yourself a NCR based PCI card, since this is a far superior controller chip and the driver is ready to use :) Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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