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Changes are still to come. @ text @.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.9 2002/06/30 13:01:50 lukem Exp $ . .Nx*M \*V runs on most Sun3 machines, including: .Bl -column -offset indent 3/260 3/280 3/160 .It 3/50 Ta 3/60 Ta 3/110 .It 3/75 Ta 3/150 Ta 3/160 .It 3/260 Ta 3/280 Ta 3/E .It 3/80 Ta 3/470 .El .Pp Note that .Nx*M includes support for .Sq "Sun3X" machines, which used to be supported with a separate .Nx Ns /sun3x distribution. .Pp The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 100 MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space. To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8 MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the X Window System. A good rule of thumb is to have a swap partition twice the size of the amount of RAM in your machine. You will probably want to compile your own kernel, as .Li GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people. .Pp Note that the \*M installation procedure uses a .Em miniroot image which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10 MB). . .Ss2 Supported hardware .(bullet -offset indent Serial ports (RS232) .(bullet -compact built-in ttya, ttyb .bullet) .It Video adapters .(bullet -compact bwtwo .It cgtwo .It cgfour .bullet) .It Network interfaces: .(bullet -compact On-board Lance Ethernet .It On-board or VME Intel Ethernet .It Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board .bullet) .It SCSI .(bullet -compact Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc .It On-board Sun3/80 SCSI .Pq Em esp .It On-board SCSI-3 .Pq Em si .It VME SCSI-3 board .Pq Em si .It Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board .bullet) .It SMD Disks .(bullet -compact Xylogics 450/451 .It Xylogics 753/7053 .bullet) .It Input devices .(bullet -compact .Tn Sun keyboard and mouse .bullet) .It Miscellaneous .(bullet -compact Battery-backed real-time clock. .It On-board floppy controller (Sun3/80 floppy) .bullet) .bullet) .Pp If it's not on this list, there is no support for it in this release. @ 1.9 log @clean up whitespace and formatting @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.8 2000/10/29 14:08:11 lukem Exp $ d14 1 a14 1 now includes support for d20 1 a20 1 The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 80 MB of disk d22 1 a22 2 To install the entire system requires much more disk space (approx. 100 MB additional space is necessary for full sources). d26 5 a30 21 .Pp Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install: .Bl -column -offset indent Partition Suggested 100xMBxx Needed 100xMB .It Partition Ta Suggested Ta +\ X Ta Needed Ta +\ X .It /\ (root) Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "15 MB" Ta "15 MB" .It /usr Ta "175 MB" Ta "205 MB" Ta "75 MB" Ta "105 MB" .It /var Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "5 MB" Ta "5 MB" .It swap Ta Em 2*RAM \&... .El .(item -offset indent Anything else is up to you! .item) .Pp As you may note, the recommended size of .Pa /usr is 100 MB greater than needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as you will probably want to compile your own kernel. .Li ( GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people). @ 1.9.42.1 log @Sync with HEAD. Third (and last) commit. See http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2009/05/13/msg221222.html @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.10 2009/04/23 01:56:50 snj Exp $ d14 1 a14 1 includes support for d20 1 a20 1 The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 100 MB of disk d22 2 a23 1 To install the entire system requires much more disk space. d27 21 a47 5 A good rule of thumb is to have a swap partition twice the size of the amount of RAM in your machine. You will probably want to compile your own kernel, as .Li GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people. @ 1.9.40.1 log @Pull up following revision(s) (requested by rmind in ticket #728): distrib/alpha/README.files: revision 1.14 distrib/notes/acorn26/upgrade: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/acorn32/hardware: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/acorn32/prep: revision 1.14 distrib/notes/acorn32/prep.RISCOS: revision 1.20 distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revisions 1.16-1.17 distrib/notes/alpha/install: revisions 1.35-1.37 distrib/notes/amd64/prep: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/amiga/hardware: revision 1.46 distrib/notes/amiga/install: revision 1.35 distrib/notes/amiga/prep: revision 1.28 distrib/notes/amiga/upgrade: revision 1.28 distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/atari/hardware: revision 1.22 distrib/notes/atari/prep: revision 1.13 distrib/notes/cats/hardware: revision 1.7 distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.11 distrib/notes/cats/upgrade: revision 1.4 distrib/notes/common/contents: revisions 1.150-1.155 distrib/notes/common/legal.common: revision 1.52 distrib/notes/common/main: revisions 1.444-1.446 distrib/notes/common/postinstall: revisions 1.73, 1.74 distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revisions 1.97, 1.98 distrib/notes/common/upgrade: revisions 1.27, 1.28 distrib/notes/common/xfer: revisions 1.64-1.66 distrib/notes/evbarm/prep: revision 1.10 distrib/notes/evbarm/upgrade: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/evbppc/hardware: revision 1.5 distrib/notes/evbppc/upgrade: revision 1.2 distrib/notes/hp300/prep: revision 1.24 distrib/notes/i386/upgrade: revision 1.23 distrib/notes/i386/prep: revision 1.14 distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware: revision 1.24 distrib/notes/mac68k/prep: revision 1.16 distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade: revision 1.21 distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer: revision 1.20 distrib/notes/macppc/prep: revisions 1.43, 1.44 distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.13 distrib/notes/macppc/hardware: revision 1.47 distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.12 distrib/notes/mvme68k/hardware: revision 1.11 distrib/notes/mvme68k/install: revision 1.21 distrib/notes/next68k/prep: revision 1.8 distrib/notes/pmax/hardware: revision 1.17 distrib/notes/pmax/install: revision 1.41 distrib/notes/sgimips/hardware: revision 1.14 distrib/notes/sgimips/prep: revision 1.10 distrib/notes/shark/install: revision 1.5 distrib/notes/sparc/hardware: revisions 1.35, 1.36 distrib/notes/sparc/prep: revision 1.26 distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade: revision 1.16 distrib/notes/sparc64/prep: revision 1.15 distrib/notes/sun2/hardware: revision 1.4 distrib/notes/sun3/hardware: revision 1.10 distrib/notes/vax/hardware: revision 1.10 distrib/notes/vax/install: revision 1.18 distrib/notes/vax/prep: revision 1.7 distrib/notes/xen/xfer: revision 1.4 distrib/notes/x68k/hardware: revision 1.17 distrib/notes/x68k/prep: revision 1.9 Update release notes. @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.9 2002/06/30 13:01:50 lukem Exp $ d14 1 a14 1 includes support for d20 1 a20 1 The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 100 MB of disk d22 2 a23 1 To install the entire system requires much more disk space. d27 21 a47 5 A good rule of thumb is to have a swap partition twice the size of the amount of RAM in your machine. You will probably want to compile your own kernel, as .Li GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people. @ 1.9.32.1 log @Sync with HEAD. @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.9 2002/06/30 13:01:50 lukem Exp $ @ 1.8 log @more work: - use .Tn, .Bx, .Ul, .Key, .Sq, .Dq, .Li, .Dl, (etc) ... as appropriate - be more consistent between various ports' install notes - other cleanups @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.7 2000/10/10 12:55:23 lukem Exp $ d21 2 a22 1 space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space d24 2 a25 2 To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8 MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the d43 2 a44 1 needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as d52 2 a53 2 which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10 MB). @ 1.8.2.1 log @manually sync distrib/notes/** to -current, excluding pmppc (which isn't in 1.6) @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.9 2002/06/30 13:01:50 lukem Exp $ d21 1 a21 2 space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space d23 2 a24 2 To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8 MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the d42 1 a42 2 needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as d50 2 a51 2 which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10 MB). @ 1.7 log @major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including: - update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check) - use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate - introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs - use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic. - migrate more stuff into ../common/* - whitespace cleanup - lots of other little things i'm sure... @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.6 1999/05/19 05:49:06 gwr Exp $ d14 5 a18 2 now includes support for "Sun3X" machines, which used to be supported with a separate distribution. d30 1 a30 1 .It root\ (/) Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "15 MB" Ta "15 MB" d47 3 a49 1 Note that the \*M installation procedure uses a `miniroot' image d80 1 a80 1 Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc. d82 2 a83 1 On-board "esp" (Sun3/80 SCSI) d85 2 a86 1 On-board "si" (SCSI-3) d88 2 a89 1 VME "si" (SCSI-3) board d103 2 a104 1 Sun keyboard and mouse @ 1.6 log @Add sun3 stuff @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.5 1999/01/13 07:30:09 ross Exp $ d3 2 a4 1 NetBSD/sun3 \*V runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d6 4 a9 4 . It 3/50 Ta 3/60 Ta 3/110 . It 3/75 Ta 3/150 Ta 3/160 . It 3/260 Ta 3/280 Ta 3/E . It 3/80 Ta 3/470 d12 3 a14 1 Note that NetBSD/sun3 now includes support for "Sun3X" machines, d17 1 a17 1 The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 80MB of disk d19 1 a19 1 (approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources). d21 1 a21 1 performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the d25 6 a30 6 .Bl -column -offset indent local\ (/usr/local) Advised With\ X Needed With\ X . It Partition Ta Advised Ta With\ X Ta Needed Ta With\ X . It root\ (/) Ta 20M Ta 20M Ta 15M Ta 15M . It user\ (/usr) Ta 95M Ta 125M Ta 75M Ta 105M . It swap Ta ram*2\ \&... . It local\ (/usr/local) Ta up\ to\ you\ \&... d32 7 a38 2 .Pp As you may note, the recommended size of /usr is 20M greater than d40 3 a42 2 you will probably want to compile your own kernel. (GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people). d44 1 a44 1 Note that the sun3 installation procedure uses a `miniroot' image d46 6 a51 5 must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10MB). .Pp The following Sun3 hardware is supported: .Bl -tag -width Em -offset indent . It Em Serial ports (RS232): d53 13 a65 3 . It Em Video adapters: bwtwo, cgtwo, cgfour . It Em Network interfaces: d67 1 a67 1 . br d69 1 a69 1 . br d71 6 a76 1 . It Em SCSI: (Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.) d78 1 a78 1 . br d80 1 a80 1 . br d82 1 a82 1 . br d84 4 a87 1 . It Em SMD Disks: (the big, heavy ones 8^) d89 1 a89 1 . br d91 4 a94 1 . It Em Input devices: d96 4 a99 1 . It Em Miscellaneous: d101 1 a101 1 . br d103 2 a104 1 .El @ 1.6.8.1 log @Sync to HEAD as of 20001101 03:43 GMT [lukem]: Complete rework of install notes for 1.5 from several authors. @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.8 2000/10/29 14:08:11 lukem Exp $ d3 1 a3 2 .Nx*M \*V runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d5 4 a8 4 .It 3/50 Ta 3/60 Ta 3/110 .It 3/75 Ta 3/150 Ta 3/160 .It 3/260 Ta 3/280 Ta 3/E .It 3/80 Ta 3/470 d11 2 a12 7 Note that .Nx*M now includes support for .Sq "Sun3X" machines, which used to be supported with a separate .Nx Ns /sun3x distribution. d14 1 a14 1 The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 80 MB of disk d16 1 a16 1 (approx. 100 MB additional space is necessary for full sources). d18 1 a18 1 performance requires 8 MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the d22 6 a27 6 .Bl -column -offset indent Partition Suggested 100xMBxx Needed 100xMB .It Partition Ta Suggested Ta +\ X Ta Needed Ta +\ X .It /\ (root) Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "15 MB" Ta "15 MB" .It /usr Ta "175 MB" Ta "205 MB" Ta "75 MB" Ta "105 MB" .It /var Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "5 MB" Ta "5 MB" .It swap Ta Em 2*RAM \&... d29 2 a30 7 .(item -offset indent Anything else is up to you! .item) .Pp As you may note, the recommended size of .Pa /usr is 100 MB greater than d32 4 a35 7 you will probably want to compile your own kernel. .Li ( GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people). .Pp Note that the \*M installation procedure uses a .Em miniroot image d37 5 a41 6 must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10 MB). . .Ss2 Supported hardware .(bullet -offset indent Serial ports (RS232) .(bullet -compact d43 3 a45 13 .bullet) .It Video adapters .(bullet -compact bwtwo .It cgtwo .It cgfour .bullet) .It Network interfaces: .(bullet -compact d47 1 a47 1 .It d49 1 a49 1 .It d51 7 a57 15 .bullet) .It SCSI .(bullet -compact Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc .It On-board Sun3/80 SCSI .Pq Em esp .It On-board SCSI-3 .Pq Em si .It VME SCSI-3 board .Pq Em si .It d59 1 a59 4 .bullet) .It SMD Disks .(bullet -compact d61 1 a61 1 .It d63 3 a65 10 .bullet) .It Input devices .(bullet -compact .Tn Sun keyboard and mouse .bullet) .It Miscellaneous .(bullet -compact d67 1 a67 1 .It d69 1 a69 2 .bullet) .bullet) @ 1.5 log @Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html. @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.4 1998/01/09 18:47:33 perry Exp $ d8 1 d11 2 a12 3 NetBSD/sun3 \*V does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) but that is presently handled as a separate distribution. Use NetBSD/sun3x for Sun3/80 and Sun3/470 support. d37 1 a37 1 must be at least as large as the miniroot image (8MB). d52 2 d67 2 @ 1.5.2.1 log @pullup 1.5->1.6 (gwr) @ text @d1 1 a1 1 .\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.6 1999/05/19 05:49:06 gwr Exp $ a7 1 . It 3/80 Ta 3/470 d10 3 a12 2 Note that NetBSD/sun3 now includes support for "Sun3X" machines, which used to be supported with a separate distribution. d37 1 a37 1 must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10MB). a51 2 On-board "esp" (Sun3/80 SCSI) . br a64 2 . br On-board floppy controller (Sun3/80 floppy) @ 1.4 log @RCS Id Police. @ text @d1 10 a10 8 $NetBSD$ NetBSD/sun3 _VER runs on most Sun3 machines, including: 3/50, 3/60, 3/110 3/75, 3/150, 3/160 3/260, 3/280, 3/E NetBSD/sun3 _VER does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) d13 1 a13 1 d20 1 a20 1 d22 9 a30 7 partition: advise, with X, needed, with X root (/) 20M 20M 15M 15M user (/usr) 95M 125M 75M 105M swap ----- 2M for every M ram ----- local (/usr/local) up to you As you may note the recommended size of /usr is 20M greater than d34 1 a34 1 d38 1 a38 1 d40 27 a66 27 Serial ports (RS232): built-in ttya, ttyb Video adapters: bwtwo, cgtwo, cgfour Network interfaces: On-board Lance Ethernet On-board or VME Intel Ethernet Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board SCSI: (Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.) On-board "si" (SCSI-3) VME "si" (SCSI-3) board Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board SMD Disks: (the big, heavy ones 8^) Xylogics 450/451 Xylogics 753/7053 Input devices: Sun keyboard and mouse Miscellaneous: Battery-backed real-time clock. @ 1.3 log @Ready for 1.3 @ text @d1 2 @ 1.2 log @merge in 1.2 branch @ text @d1 1 a1 1 NetBSD/sun3 1.2 runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d4 1 a4 1 3/260, 3/280 d6 10 a15 8 NetBSD/sun3 1.2 does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) because the sun3x MMU and other devices are very different. The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and ~80MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space (approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources). To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the X Window System. d18 10 a27 5 partition: advise needed root (/) 15M 10M user (/usr) 80M 45M swap (2 or 3 * RAM) 8M Anything else is up to you! d31 1 a31 1 must be large enough to hold this miniroot image. d42 3 a44 2 On-board Lance Ethernet (le) On-board or VME Intel Ethernet (ie) d47 3 a49 2 On-board "si" (SCSI-3) [Note 1] VME "si" (SCSI-3) board [Note 1] d52 2 a53 2 Xylogics 450/451 [Note 2] Xylogics 753/7053 [Note 2] a59 8 Note 1: The "si" driver now supports DMA and disconnect/reselect. DMA is enabled by default, but not disconnect/reselect. Note 2: The SMD disk drivers ("xd" and "xy") are working but have not had much testing. (Probably need work.) @ 1.2.2.1 log @Pull rev 1.3 up from trunk (gwr) @ text @d1 1 a1 1 NetBSD/sun3 _VER runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d4 1 a4 1 3/260, 3/280, 3/E d6 8 a13 10 NetBSD/sun3 _VER does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) but that is presently handled as a separate distribution. Use NetBSD/sun3x for Sun3/80 and Sun3/470 support. The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 80MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space (approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources). To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the X Window System. d16 5 a20 10 partition: advise, with X, needed, with X root (/) 20M 20M 15M 15M user (/usr) 95M 125M 75M 105M swap ----- 2M for every M ram ----- local (/usr/local) up to you As you may note the recommended size of /usr is 20M greater than needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as you will probably want to compile your own kernel. (GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people). d24 1 a24 1 must be at least as large as the miniroot image (8MB). d35 2 a36 3 On-board Lance Ethernet On-board or VME Intel Ethernet Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board d39 2 a40 3 On-board "si" (SCSI-3) VME "si" (SCSI-3) board Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board d43 2 a44 2 Xylogics 450/451 Xylogics 753/7053 d51 8 @ 1.1 log @Initial revision @ text @d1 1 a1 2 NetBSD/sun3 1.1 runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d6 1 a6 1 NetBSD/sun3 1.1 does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) d15 11 d53 2 a54 5 The "si" driver now supports DMA and disconnect/reselect but due to the imaturity of the DMA code, those features are disabled by default. To enable DMA (and get faster SCSI performance) patch the variable si_options in the file /usr/src/sys/arch/sun3/dev/ncr_si.c as indicated. d57 2 a58 4 SMD disk support is almost ready, but could not be tested in time for this release. Drivers are provided for the Xylogics 450/451 and Xylogics 753/7053 VME boards only as source code. They compile but have never touched a disk. @ 1.1.1.1 log @Release notes for 1.1 @ text @@ 1.1.1.1.2.1 log @file hardware was added on branch netbsd-1-1 on 1995-11-24 08:50:30 +0000 @ text @d1 55 @ 1.1.1.1.2.2 log @Release notes for 1.1 @ text @a0 55 NetBSD/sun3 1.1 runs on most Sun3 machines, including: 3/50, 3/60, 3/110 3/75, 3/150, 3/160 3/260, 3/280 NetBSD/sun3 1.1 does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) because the sun3x MMU and other devices are very different. The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and ~80MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space (approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources). To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the X Window System. The following Sun3 hardware is supported: Serial ports (RS232): built-in ttya, ttyb Video adapters: bwtwo, cgtwo, cgfour Network interfaces: On-board Lance Ethernet (le) On-board or VME Intel Ethernet (ie) SCSI: (Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.) On-board "si" (SCSI-3) [Note 1] VME "si" (SCSI-3) board [Note 1] SMD Disks: (the big, heavy ones 8^) Xylogics 450/451 [Note 2] Xylogics 753/7053 [Note 2] Input devices: Sun keyboard and mouse Miscellaneous: Battery-backed real-time clock. Note 1: The "si" driver now supports DMA and disconnect/reselect but due to the imaturity of the DMA code, those features are disabled by default. To enable DMA (and get faster SCSI performance) patch the variable si_options in the file /usr/src/sys/arch/sun3/dev/ncr_si.c as indicated. Note 2: SMD disk support is almost ready, but could not be tested in time for this release. Drivers are provided for the Xylogics 450/451 and Xylogics 753/7053 VME boards only as source code. They compile but have never touched a disk. If it's not on this list, there is no support for it in this release. @ 1.1.1.1.6.1 log @Update for 1.2 @ text @d1 2 a2 1 NetBSD/sun3 1.2 runs on most Sun3 machines, including: d7 1 a7 1 NetBSD/sun3 1.2 does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class) a15 11 Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install: partition: advise needed root (/) 15M 10M user (/usr) 80M 45M swap (2 or 3 * RAM) 8M Anything else is up to you! Note that the sun3 installation procedure uses a `miniroot' image which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition must be large enough to hold this miniroot image. d43 5 a47 2 The "si" driver now supports DMA and disconnect/reselect. DMA is enabled by default, but not disconnect/reselect. d50 4 a53 2 The SMD disk drivers ("xd" and "xy") are working but have not had much testing. (Probably need work.) @