makedev, disklabel, aboot, milo ...

Joseph Lukasiewicz jlukasiewicz at yahoo.com
Fri May 24 13:00:06 EDT 2002


 Jay,
confirmed, the DAC960 has an older firmware version - 2.43 I believe (like an idiot I didn't write it down). The SRM Console is V 5.3-2, The VMS PALcode is V5.56-7 and the OSF PALcode is V 1.45-12.  ARC Alpha Firmware Version 4.58...
The MYLEX site had an upgrade to 2.73, BUT it was full of warnings and sounded like "death on toast" if you don't go the OEM route. I searched but could not find a DEC/Compaq/HP flash for the controller...
If I did decide to go the NCR route - won't there be a limit on the number of SCSI devices that controller will support? The drives are in the internal cage 3 two's and 4 four's...with a tape drive and CD-Rom I have a feeling I will end up short.
What is IIRC?
The SRM Console is V 5.3-2, The VMS PALcode is V5.56-7 and the OSF PALcode is V 1.45-12.  ARC Alpha Firmware Version 4.58...
I'm bumming if I can't use the drives I have - it will push me back towards NT 4.0 SP6 as the OS of choice with the linux dreams off this platform and on to some INTEL box...
Joe Lukasiewicz
  Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook at compaq.com> wrote: 
Hi, Joe, sorry about the delay...

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 05:17:30PM -0700, Joseph Lukasiewicz wrote:
> 
> Hi...I've tried a few things and I appear to be at a wall on the
> Potato load on the Alpha 2100 (Sable). 

If the DAC960 controller has old firmware (and almost all the ones
that ran originally with OSF or NT on the older boxes are), then the
Linux DAC960 driver will NOT work.

First off, there's no MILO for SABLE - you MUST run SRM.

Second, unless you update the firmware on the DAC960 board, it will
not be usable with Linux. This would cost money, IIRC, and need to be
done via MYLEX the company.

Thirdly, there is an internal NCR810 SCSI controller that you should
be able to cable up to the builtin "shelf", and use the disks from
there. That driver is well-tested under Linux.

>From there, software RAID may be an option...

Good luck.

--Jay++

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