Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:45:56 +0100 From: "Floris 'Tamama' van Gog" <floris@vangog.net> To: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Got an Alpha 21066 rev 2 hardware rev 1, how to get to SRM? Message-ID: <00b301c17de6$fc63bef0$9600000a@tamama> References: <008301c17de4$c0019830$9600000a@tamama> <20011206003138.C8067@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Thank you for the reply, Unfortunately, there is no Unix operating system there.. the only OS I can select is Windows NT. Kind of funny.. I can select NT or an alternate.. and I can only select NT in the alternate .. heh. The board sticker has this: 54-23310-05 ay43602768 C02 There is some info with a picture on this page (it is not mine) I found using google: http://joyce.questier.com/joyce.html Obviously the rand-hardware is not what i have but the picture of the board is exactly the same as mine. The firmware tells me there is 512bytes used out of 3kb of the NVRAM. I Hope this info will help you help me :-) Floris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Floris 'Tamama' van Gog" <floris@vangog.net> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:31 AM Subject: Re: Got an Alpha 21066 rev 2 hardware rev 1, how to get to SRM? > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 12:29:52AM +0100, Floris 'Tamama' van Gog wrote: > > > I recently received an Alpha motherboard with CPU and memory from a > > friend. I stuffed it in an AT case, attached a SCSI HDD and cdrom to it, > > added a Matrox Millenium 1 to it and booted. It comes in this: > > -------- > > Alpha Firmware Version 4.42 > > Copyright(c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation > > Copyright(c) 1993-1995 Ditigal Equipment Corporation > > > > Boot menu: > > > > Boot Windows NT > > Boot an alternate operating system > > Run a program > > Supplemantary menu > > --------- > > > > The machine previously ran Linux redhat, but since i didnt get an > > harddisk to go with it, it can't boot it :-) > > > > Now as I have never even seen an Alpha in my life, I am sort of puzzled. > > The FreeBSD install guide keeps talking about an SRM prompt and all > > that... but I don't seem to have it at all! Argh this is frustrating :-) > > Yes.. you need to get to the supplementary menu, and select Operating > System 'Unix' there. Then power cycle the box. This should give you the > SRM > > I would also like to know what kind of board you have. Please describe > it, and/or find the Digital part# for it (something like 54-xxxxx-xx > on a sticker on the board) > > Wilko > > -- > | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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