Andrew Gaffney - Latest comments on HP C3600 woes

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ReeferOwner [Visitor] — Fri, 06 May 2005 20:41:35 +0000

by the way, PCI is PCI if it fit, it should be fine ! Im running USB2&firewire controller , a SATA controller ,a 2940 adaptec and a raptor capture card all design for pc in my ultra60!

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ReeferOwner [Visitor] — Fri, 06 May 2005 20:36:32 +0000

Hi,
I had the same problem with my G50 and bsd, I had to get into the prom to redefine the disk label and the boot sequence !
Since I m running bsd and gentoo on a Ultra60 , and the hp run hp ux10
if you need more details feel free to contact me

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Andrew Gaffney [Member] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:11:50 +0000

well, i would consider resetting the bios, i remember working with this old pile of crap HP workstation 500mhz p3 and it was setup pretty much to work on a corperate network with booting nic--the works. all i had to do to get it up and running again without the requirement of the nic was to just reset the bios, i'm sure there is a jumper somewhere on the board in which you can use to flash it, most likely, that is the problem, but then again, i might be talking out of my ass so..

Well, you are :) This isn't a x86 box. This box is PA-RISC, which is a whole different kettle of fish.

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Andrew Gaffney [Member] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:09:52 +0000

I think your problem is that your PA-8600 is Big Endian while the ATI card from your x86 comes from a Little Endian machine.

AFAIK, PCI is little endian. The host byte swaps to match.

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John Wesp [Visitor] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:07:05 +0000

I think your problem is that your PA-8600 is Big Endian while the ATI card from your x86 comes from a Little Endian machine.

Don't fret, I once made the same mistake.

Your solution would be to try a card that is, of course, Big Endian. Maybe from a Mac?

With kind regards
John

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Robert Kraig [Visitor] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:50:07 +0000