From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 19 8: 3: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from vevdmz01.nestec.ch (mail.nestec.ch [141.122.67.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C169F37B416 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:02:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from vevnat01.nestec.ch ([141.122.120.31]) by vevdmz01.nestec.ch with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id ZFRY70GF; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:02:50 +0100 Received: by vevnat01.nestec.ch with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:02:48 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Fehr,Olivier,VEVEY,GL-IS/IT" To: 'Wilko Bulte' , 'Peter Edwards' Cc: "'freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: FreeBSD on "Miata" Personal Workstation sans SRM. Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:02:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org you are right. i have an 500a and activated the srm that way (which made it an 500au?). the option isn't easy to find though. FreeBSD is running fine on those boxes. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Wilko Bulte > Sent: mercredi, 19. decembre 2001 16:35 > To: Peter Edwards > Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD on "Miata" Personal Workstation sans SRM. > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:19:40PM +0000, Peter Edwards wrote: > > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > It is just a matter of flashing the SRM into the flashrom. > > > But Miatas have both SRM and AlphaBIOS/ARC installed in > the same flashrom, > > > you can select from ARC to select SRM on next powerup. > > > > > > W/ > > > > Hm. I only got 5 mins to play with the box, and didn't see > an obvious > > way of doing this. I remember reading that there was a distinction > > between the "a" and "au" model, and that FreeBSD would only > boot from > > au has a Qlogic SCSI board, a has either an Adaptec SCSI or IDE stuff. > Nothing else. > > > the SRM, not AlphaBIOS. The crack I was smoking probably > lead me to the > > conclusion that the "a" model didn't have an SRM. > > It hides in 'Advanced options' or somesuch in ARC. Takes a bit of > searching, but it is there. > > 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