From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 30 20:06:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org 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 7F20A16A41F for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:06:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from RICHARDLO@admin.athabascau.ca) Received: from devax.admin.athabascau.ca (devax.admin.athabascau.ca [131.232.5.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E4943D5E for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:06:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from RICHARDLO@admin.athabascau.ca) Received: from admin.athabascau.ca by admin.athabascau.ca (PMDF V5.1-12 #29292) id <01LTN84J5CUO8YAFV3@admin.athabascau.ca> for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:05:43 MST Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:05:43 -0700 (MST) From: Richard Loken To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Please-Resend: yes Subject: PC164 and the KZPAC raid controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:06:15 -0000 I have a PC164 (no suffix) running 4.11 and I want to put one of my collection of DEC KZPAC (DAC960) raid controllers into it and upgrade to 5.4. Will a KZPAC boot on a PC164? The FreeBSD hardware notes are obscure on this point: they seem to say that genuine DAC 960 will NOT boot but can be used for other disks but there is a footnote suggesting that a KZPAC will boot on some systems. Anybody know for sure? I administer various DS20's and AlphaServer 4100's who are happy to boot Tru64 off a KZPAC but I don't know about a PC164. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "Anybody can be a father Athabasca University : but you have to earn Athabasca, Alberta Canada : the title of 'daddy'" ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca ** : - Lynn Johnston