Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:25:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I got 2940UW timeout problem also ... NEWSFLASH conclusion Message-ID: <199805261925.OAA19486@fep.hirshfields.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524002640.9142q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "May 24, 98 00:30:12 am"
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Heh. I just installed the _exact_ same card and both drives into a Gateway 2000 pc that has an AMIBIOS verses the Phoenix BIOS that is in the DEC pc's that I have so many of. Guess what? The darn thing booted up FreeBSD that was on the SCSI #0 hard disk like it should have. Here is another gotcha! Remember the "Read Error" problem I was having with the Phoneix BIOS? This hard drive had the patched boot block to deal with it, and with this Gateway/AMIBIOS, FreeBSD booted properly, it didn't hit my patched code section! Good gawlly! These boot/controller cards issues are all in what crummy BIOS you have on the motherboard! Please make mention of that in the FAQ/HARDWARE section. Ugh. This makes two ugly, double whammy's solve just by the BIOS/motherboard combo! I'm happy, but the DEC pc's have been soooooooooooo reliable in uptime and no down time that I hate to abandon them. Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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