From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Oct 14 20:55:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6544937B401 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5C943EB1 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:55:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alcanet.com.au (8.12.4/8.12.4/Alcanet1.3) with ESMTP id g9F3toUf004331; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:50 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with ESMTP id 2002101513554784:44806 ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:47 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9F3tleT028536; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:47 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g9F3tlcR028535; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:47 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:55:47 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Josh Tolbert Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC164 SRM firmware problem Message-ID: <20021015035547.GU315@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Josh Tolbert , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021014215719.C34046-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021014215719.C34046-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 15/10/2002 01:55:47 PM, Serialize by Router on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 15/10/2002 01:55:50 PM, Serialize complete at 15/10/2002 01:55:50 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 On 2002-Oct-14 22:12:34 -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote: > I obtained a PC164 motherboard, a 500MHz 21164 Alpha, 128M RAM and >various other bits (including a dead CPU fan; I just re-pinned an Intel >heatsink fan to work on the DEC motherboard) to use as a FreeBSD machine. Are you sure the CPU is OK? If it had been left running with a dead CPU fan then it's possible you've got a sick CPU. > The flash is "successful," according to fwupdate.exe. The nine >blocks are counted and verified. Nine blocks sounds much shorter than I'd expect but I don't know the PC164. > I'm not sure if the SRM firmware defaults to com1, For most (all?) Alphas, the low-level boot output is serial only. The video card starts later and both run in parallel up to the SRM prompt (or autoboot point). The behaviour then depends on the 'console' variable and sensed presence of a keyboard. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message