Subject: Re: 300MHz beige G3 questions
To: port-macppc <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/06/2002 19:18:47
Hello Eric,

   EDB> I have a few of these Apple SCSI boards made by ATTO.

Have any that you're not using?  ;-)

   EDB> I found that these boards need Apple's firmware
      > update <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25176>
      > to run NetBSD. There's also a method for installing
      > ATTO's firmware on the card, but that makes the name
      > of the device in OpenFirmware longer, long enough to
      > cause problems under OF 1.0.5 (I'm using the card on
      > a PowerMac 8500 since I couldn't get my OF 2.4 beige
      > G3 to boot NetBSD).  By the way, with the updated
      > Apple firmware on this card it also works well under
      > NetBSD/i386.

Good to know, thanks.

- Andy Ball.