Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:31:16 -0500 From: bob smith <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net> To: freebsd-alpha <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: SRM Firmware upgrade queston, 164LX driving me nuts. Message-ID: <3E629444.3040004@bellatlantic.net>
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Maybe someone can help me. I have snagged the latest firmware from the dec site, snagged the release notes, created the floppy with the file fwupdate.exe on a pc using a FAT formatted floppy. The version of firmwre seems to be referred to as 5.8 for the LX and SX, 5.6 for the 164, fyi. I have booted my LX, gotten the Alphabios screen, selected update, gotten it to seitch to the serial port, after it seems to boot from floppy (green led on, movement of floppy heads) and all seems well. I get the update prompt, UPD> and I tell it to update firmware. Now, here is where I get confused ; the releasenotes, page 11, talks about a floppy with file LX164SRM.ROM (downloaded from the ftp site) but the directions from the site don't seem to say anything bout this, all they talk about is createing the fwupdate.exe. Going thru the archives I have kept since 2000, I see a lot of refs to 164 SRM one ref to 164LX alphabios problem, but no reporrt of success getting the puppy over to srm. For the LX, the fwupdate is 1.1MB or so, and the rom images is about 550K. Just wont fit on a single floppy.... tried two floppies using the alpabios -path command with no success. I am about to get out a couple of books for more colorful metaphors.... I have the flash jumper on the right spot, trying to dump this alpha bios and get to srm. Help thanks bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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