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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Installed Rehat 7.3, using XChat for IRC, I
can'tconnet to any servers, can anyone help me out?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jlukasiewicz@yahoo.com href="mailto:jlukasiewicz@yahoo.com">Joseph
Lukasiewicz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com
href="mailto:Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com">Jay Estabrook</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=nflug@nflug.org
href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">Niagara Frontier Linux</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 24, 2002 1:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: makedev, disklabel, aboot,
milo ...</DIV>
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<P>Jay,
<P>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...
<P>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...
<P>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.
<P>What is IIRC?
<P>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...
<P>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...
<P>Joe Lukasiewicz
<P> <B><I>Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com></I></B> wrote:
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<P>Hi, Joe, sorry about the delay...<BR><BR>On Sun, May 19, 2002 at
05:17:30PM -0700, Joseph Lukasiewicz wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Hi...I've tried
a few things and I appear to be at a wall on the<BR>> Potato load on the
Alpha 2100 (Sable). </P>
<P>If the DAC960 controller has old firmware (and almost all the
ones<BR>that ran originally with OSF or NT on the older boxes are), then
the<BR>Linux DAC960 driver will NOT work.<BR><BR>First off, there's no MILO
for SABLE - you MUST run SRM.<BR><BR>Second, unless you update the firmware
on the DAC960 board, it will<BR>not be usable with Linux. This would cost
money, IIRC, and need to be<BR>done via MYLEX the company.<BR><BR>Thirdly,
there is an internal NCR810 SCSI controller that you should<BR>be able to
cable up to the builtin "shelf", and use the disks from<BR>there. That
driver is well-tested under Linux.<BR><BR>From there, software RAID may be
an option...<BR><BR>Good
luck.<BR><BR>--Jay++<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Jay
A Estabrook HPTC - LINUX support<BR>Hewlett-Packard Company - MRO1-2/K15
(508) 467-2080<BR>200 Forest Street, Marlboro MA 01752
Jay.Estabrook@hp.com<BR>----------------------------------------!
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