Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:25:28 +0100 From: lehmann@ans-netz.de To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Cc: bob smith <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net> Subject: Re: SRM Firmware upgrade queston, 164LX driving me nuts. Message-ID: <20030305072528.68833.qmail@dill.salatschuessel.net> In-Reply-To: <20030305070629.GD92645@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <3E629444.3040004@bellatlantic.net> <20030305070629.GD92645@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien writes:
>> 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.
>
> It can be done -- I did it about 1 1/2 ago. IIRC the obvious place to
> download the SRM bits from had directions that either didn't work or
> didn't make sense (I don't recall). I either found another directory in
> the firmware collection that gave better directions; or I used the
> pervious firmware collection that had other directions.
If i recall it correctly, you have to load the .rom file within the
AlphaBIOS's Update firmware thingie. And not the fwupdate.exe. If you do the
update with the exe, it boot once srm, and after the reboot you have your
AlphaBIOS back. I updated 2 machines yet.. and every 2 updates (1/2 year
between the BIOS changes) i run into trouble with that update thing. But it
should work like i described.
If not.. maybe you have to update your SRM after your first boot from
AlphaBIOS to srm within SRM. How to do so is described in the SRM manual
iirc.
But as David wrote.. it can be done. I did it for 2 164LX, one in Apr 2001,
and one in Nov 2001.
Greetings, Oliver
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