From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 6 08:54:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02448 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 08:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.it.hq.nasa.gov (apollo.it.hq.nasa.gov [131.182.119.87]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA02418 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 08:54:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov (WireHead.it.hq.nasa.gov [131.182.119.88]) by apollo.it.hq.nasa.gov (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA27058; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:54:09 GMT Received: from localhost (cshenton@localhost) by wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA22853; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:53:32 GMT Message-Id: <199611061653.QAA22853@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov: cshenton owned process doing -bs X-Authentication-Warning: wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: wreynolds@kensco.net Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Drivers In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:43:52 +0000" References: <199611061500.KAA25298@ns.kensco.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.03 on Emacs 19.31.8 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 11:53:32 -0500 From: Chris Shenton Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:43:52 +0000 "Earl W Reynolds, Jr." wrote: wreynolds> I'm installing FreeBSD on a Compaq ProSignia 500, wreynolds> and I need a freebsd driver for the embedded SCSI controller. wreynolds> wreynolds> Does anybody know where I can get such a thing? I've wreynolds> scoured the installation manual and can't find a clue. Do I wreynolds> have to go out and buy another controller? Surely someone wreynolds> has written a controller for the ProSignia. The problem, I think, is that Compaq doesn't tell you what the embedded controllers are. I fought a couple recently and had to disable the internal SCSI and Ethernet and replaced them with our own boards. This was *not* trivial, as you have to boot from a Compaq CD to reconfig it etc. After this experience, I wouldn't buy one. Anyway... After getting FreeBSD installed, I did a "scanpci" (for some reason in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory) to find out what the graphics was. It found not only a (real) basic graphics controller, but also a Lance Ethernet controllers. I believe I *could* have used the FreeBSD drivers on that ether, rather than my own card, if I had known. Sorry, I can't remember if it found a SCSI controller or not, and I ran out of time to try backing out and using the internal hardware. Take a look with scanpci, give it a shot, and let me know what you find.