Subject: tekram dc-310 (symbios 53c810ae) doesn't work with pc164 ?
To: None <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/09/1999 09:56:46
In some email I received from seebs@plethora.net, sie wrote:
> In message <199908081243.WAA03477@avalon.reed.wattle.id.au>, Darren Reed writes
> :
> >it at least tells me how to boot from floppy, but how the f*** do I boot
> >from the hard drive I just installed on ? (sd0, I hope, on an 53c810)
> 
> I've gotten decent luck with
> 	set boot_osflags -a
> 	set bootdef_dev dqa1
> (dqa1 was eide.  'show device' for a list of devices)
> 	set auto_action boot
> 
> YMMV.  I had to replace the NVRAM batteries on my board before it would
> remember this.

For what it's worth, it turned out to be that the SCSI card is useless,
I installed an EIDE drive and it is now working (dqa0).  However, some
mention that the disks should show up in 'show config' as dka0 would
have helped.

I'm attempting to use a Tekram DC-310 (Symbios 53C810AE) and "show config"
won't even list the controller.  Is there any setting which can be changed
(when placed in a PC) that will make it work ?

Darren