From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Apr 9 0:45:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D0F37B424 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:45:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14mWMx-00041r-00; Mon, 09 Apr 2001 07:45:51 +0000 To: Riccardo Veraldi , From: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: PALcode firmware Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:45:51 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@freebie.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 161.114.88.74 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Hello I have a PALcode which I think is very early, dated the year of > release of my AlphaStation 255. Do I have to upgrade the firmware console > or may I keep the one I have ?? In general it is advisable to keep reasonably current with your console firmware. Updates are created by Compaq engineering to fix problems etc. For Tru64 the SRM upgrades are mandatory in a lot of cases. > P.S. can I Eventually upgrade the firmware safely after I install FreeBSD ? Yes, you can Wilko -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message