"B. James Phillippe" wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I am very new to NetBSD; I ordered a Wasabi 1.5 4-CD set today, but have
> yet to install or even use NetBSD. :-)  I am an experienced Linux/Alpha
> user, and have both a diskless multia and an AlphaStation 200 4/233.
> 
> I have been reading the FAQ's and docs on the netbsd.org site regarding the
> Alpha port, but I suspect that some of the information may be out of date.
> Particularly, the docs state that the ZLXp-E2 is not supported and that the
> NCR SCSI driver is buggy.  Is this accurate?  If so, is there any hope of
> running X on this system, and does the text-mode console have any trouble?
> Also, if the SCSI driver is buggy, in what way?
> 
> Also, this system usually comes with an ISA PCMCIA bridge card (as does
> mine), but I did not see any mention of support for that.
> 
> Otherwise, I am hoping my system is a good candidate for a light-duty
> server running NetBSD, and a good learning platform for the OS.
> 
> Some other newbie questions I have:
> 
>         o Is it easy enough to move from 1.5 to 1.5.1?
>         o Is there a resource or FAQ some place that contains information
>           I might find helpful in configuration of this system (such as
>           sound card settings)?
>         o Are there any known "gotchas" for NetBSD on this model?  Things
>           that don't work, known bugs, etc?
Great questions, the 250 is similar from what I find, I am looking for 
a manual or some pointers on it for the same reason!!
I have 1.5 running on my vaxen and alphas.  I also have one system that
is a dual boot NetBSD and Linux.  I am still fighting iwth the ccc 
package for alpha to make some stuff run better and then see if I can
make the binaries run on NetBSD (a pdp10 emulator that Tim Stark did,
and an emulator from Bob Supnik.)
I hope your note or mine attract some attention!! good luck
bob
> 
> Thank you,
> -bp
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