From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 10:43:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB4E16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:43:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD91843FA3 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:43:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8EHhaQw050091 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:43:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8EHhZhF025383 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:43:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8EHhZrY069351; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:43:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8EHhYWe069350; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:43:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:43:34 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: John Weez Message-ID: <20030914174333.GR26878@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <3F64A18E.8070000@atomfx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F64A18E.8070000@atomfx.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.1-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting Alpha from Floppy?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:43:46 -0000 On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:12:46AM -0700, John Weez wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to boot my Alpha 164LX running FreeBSD 5.1 from floppy instead > of SCSI drive. Is this possible? 5.1 will be the last version which supports installing from floppy. Just booting is possible, but I won't recomend it, because floppies are way to small. > The SCSI drive in my Alpha is VERY LOUD and other scsi drives i have > tried are loud too. So, I was thinking of getting an IDE card and > hooking some IDE drives to it. I did not want to use the internal IDE > connection of the Alpha 164LX because I heard it is very slow. Some SCSI controllers and the onboard IDE controllers are at least bootable - additional ide controllers are not. You should try the onboard controller and if you think it's to slow for your usage then you should use a modern card and hook up a small ide/scsi drive or a compact flash just for booting. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de