On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:49:05 -0800, Andrew Gillham <gillham@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:01:02 +0200, Rand Acs <randacs@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a 20Gb slice that I test some FreeBSD stuff on. I think that
> > will go towards
> > testing and getting NetBSD to run. I see that you talk about DMA
> > support for IDE.
> > Does this mean that there is SATA support as well. I'm very ignorant
> > in this area.
> 
> Yes, the SATA controllers are supported and the latest -current
> (development branch of the source code) has DMA support.
> 
> > But learning this type of things this year at uni :) Can someone maybe elaborate
> > a bit on how this works?
> 
> Which parts exactly?  The NetBSD guide http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/
> is a good place to start for information on NetBSD itself.
> 
> I think Richard Rauch's suggestion of trying out the NetBSD Live! CD
> is excellent and would give you an opportunity to test more of your
> hardware as well.  If you have a cheap USB ethernet adapater handy
> that would be a good way to get basic network connectivity while
> testing it out.
> 
> > As soon as my test starts I'll post problems to the list. Who else
> > would be useful
> > to inform?
> 
> This list is good for AMD64 related questions, otherwise
> netbsd-help@netbsd.org is better for general NetBSD questions.  I
> recommend reading through the guide first, or at least doing a quick
> skim for content to make sure you question isn't already well
> documented.

Is there an amd64 live CD though? I thought there was only an i386
one. That would be nice for looking at what drivers are attaching, but
it's no good for troubleshooting amd64 stuff...

Andy