Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:03:01 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Seamus Wassman" <seamusw@itisb.com> Cc: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: IDE interface on an AlphaServer 400 (Avanti) Message-ID: <15460.8421.398426.602221@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <LGEHLOFOAAMOLELMOAJJAECCCAAA.seamusw@itisb.com> References: <20020208194939.B23388@freebie.xs4all.nl> <LGEHLOFOAAMOLELMOAJJAECCCAAA.seamusw@itisb.com>
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Seamus Wassman writes: > I have no interest in booting off of it, from what Ive seen in my searches > through the mailing lists this isn't possible anyways, Its booting fine off > of the scsi disks. What I would like to do is be able to attach an extra > IDE harddrive so I can have some more storage space in the machine. Right > now 8GB (2x 4GB Seagate Baracuda) isnt enough space for what I want to use > the machine for, and large scsi disks are out of my price range. > I think the SRM disables the ide interface. osf/1 from the vintage of the avantii doesn't support ide & they probably didn't want to confuse things.. Get a Promise card. I'm using an old one in a Miata because its onboard Cypress IDE is a dog. Highpoint's may work, but I've never tried them in an alpha. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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