I wrote:
>We're in the process of upgrading a number of our alpha systems to 100Mb
>ethernet. We had lots of fun upgrading one system (a 255/233) and whilst we
>now have it working I'd like to know what we did wrong :-)
>
>In installing the DE500 into the system running 4.0D as we booted genvmunix
>into single user mode, as soon as the DE500 was initialized, the serial
>console appeared to slow to about 110 baud and it was clear that something
>affected the SCSI controller as we got SCSI CAM errors. After lots of
>experimentation (involving different systems and cards) we got it to work
>by putting the DE500 into what I call slot 3 (third from the top).
>
>Is this a known feature?
Only one reply which I've attached below. Thanks Greg. Seems that it's a
feature :-)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 15:01:52 +1000
From: Greg Palmer <G.Palmer_at_qut.edu.au>
Subject: Re: DE500 in Alphastation 255/233
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D.U is supposed to support shared interrupts. From memory the
top slot is shared with some motherboard device - SCSI I expect.
(It's in the owner's guide)
Regards,
Greg Palmer
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