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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-18 22:48:24 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-18 22:48:24 +0000 |
| commit | 950ca24be43fda81b9e0ced7be814c80002f22bd (patch) | |
| tree | 66509e99b94ec065952868a0dd604513ea58713c /release | |
| parent | 09edd2844b7310a55bb9a786061b67b3c1d6e33e (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-950ca24be43fda81b9e0ced7be814c80002f22bd.zip FreeBSD-src-950ca24be43fda81b9e0ced7be814c80002f22bd.tar.gz | |
Now that I have my NoName back I could confirm it: IDE is no-go on these
boards.
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| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT index 69c9664..9126500 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT @@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ a new power supply. The 3.3 Volts is only needed in case you run 3.3 Volts PCI expansion boards. IDE: -SRM presumably cannot boot from IDE disks (have never tried this myself) +The SRM cannot boot from IDE disks. A SRM 'show device' does not include +the IDE. FreeBSD does not 'see' the IDE interface either. +Use the embedded NCR/Symbios SCSI interface instead. Memory: Make sure you use true 36 bit SIMMs, and only FPM (Fast Page Mode). EDO RAM |
