From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 19 4:40:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freyr.cba.ualr.edu (access13.mod1.ualr.edu [144.167.7.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A73137B424 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 04:40:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joe@localhost) by freyr.cba.ualr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA42221; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 06:42:47 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joe) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 06:42:41 -0500 From: "Joseph E. Royce" To: Jerry Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha 164lx install Message-ID: <20000819064241.A42170@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> References: <000a01c009d4$111b6a60$0cc8a8c0@alltel.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <000a01c009d4$111b6a60$0cc8a8c0@alltel.net>; from dr53003@alltel.net on Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:53:17AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:53:17AM -0700, Jerry wrote: > hi.. if i wasnt already bald i would have pulled my hair out > by now.. i have this very expensive brick on my desktop.. > the alpha 164lx. i found your software and thought > everything would be ok, but i was running alphabios and > have a 53c875 scsi controller. it doesnt work so im > wondering what does. please dont say something compaq > because i refuse to buy anything from them again considering > how much they charge for unix and how little they > have done to support the alpha since windows dropped them. > thanks > jerry First, you will need to replace the alphabios with SRM. Please read ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.1-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.1-RELEASE/INSTALL.TXT plus a few other files in the same directory because they provide the extra details you need to install on an alpha. -HTH Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message