Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:56:39 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> Cc: Armin Ollig <armin@metzelkueche.tabu.uni-bonn.de>, Oliver.Kowalke@freudenberg.de, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux + FreeBSD on alpha (lx164) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909280956050.322-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <37EFFE24.9D632BEC@ameslab.gov>
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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Chris Csanady wrote: > Armin Ollig wrote: > > > > oliver, > > > > afaik SRM cannot boot from ide devices. > > Either boot from floppy or get a cheap NCR53810. > > I had to try several cards. The ASUS board with the 53810 chip does > > **NOT** work. I finally found one board which does work. I think its > > made by symbios. It has little dolphins on the board :-) > > and works well. > > As early as v5.1, the SRM console will boot IDE devices. I ran > NetBSD/alpha on an lx164 a long long time ago. :) Also, I have found > that the Tekram cards based on the 53c875 work fine as well. I'm pretty sure it boots IDE disks but I can't get my Miata to boot from an IDE cdrom though. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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