Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 11:53:32 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov> To: wreynolds@kensco.net Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Drivers Message-ID: <199611061653.QAA22853@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:43:52 %2B0000" References: <199611061500.KAA25298@ns.kensco.net>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:43:52 +0000 "Earl W Reynolds, Jr." <wreynolds@kensco.net> 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.
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