Re: SX update...not good news for now...
Christopher C Chimelis <chris@beezer.med.miami.edu> writes:
> Hey all..
>
> Just to keep everyone posted...I'm having problems with my SX164 (nothing
> fatal). In short, I've got no working SCSI adapter for this thing. The
> ones I have here don't seem to behave and want to map themselves outside
> of the driver's addressable range. Short of rewriting the driver, I've
> got no option but to order a new one, which I don't have any money for :-(
>
> Soooo...I'm stuck without an Alpha for the next few weeks (minimum). I'm
> going to try to get the UDB back up since it still has the Barracuda
> attached that I was going to move over to the new box.
>
> If anyone hears of a decent SCSI adapter for < $35 American (yeah, I know,
> good luck), let me know :-)
You could use nfs-root to boot the new alpha and use the udb or a PC
as fileserver. Disk IO will be a bit slow with 10 MBit/s, but with a
100 MBit/s its hardly different to normal disk IO.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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