PC164 and the KZPAC raid controller

[Wilko Bulte]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 02:05:43PM -0700, Richard Loken wrote..
> I have a PC164 (no suffix) running 4.11 and I want to put one of my collection
> of DEC KZPAC (DAC960) raid controllers into it and upgrade to 5.4.
> 
> Will a KZPAC boot on a PC164?
> 
> The FreeBSD hardware notes are obscure on this point: they seem to say that
> genuine DAC 960 will NOT boot but can be used for other disks but there is a
> footnote suggesting that a KZPAC will boot on some systems. 

Some systems is the key.  The only way to find out for sure if the SRM
console understands the KZPAC is to try it.

PC164 was never a mainstream Alpha for the DEC main commercial customer
base.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org