Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:40:03 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" <ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS Message-ID: <f637dd860711301040p3383f3bbtf71261a58b884ac8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> References: <f637dd860711300150o4fafc3e7w6bfb9ed6722d1773@mail.gmail.com> <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr>
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> If you're going to run anything other than NT, you'd better go the SRM It is the default, of course. > way. If your board doesn't have SRM loaded, head over to [1] for > download and installation instructions. You will then be able to enter > the AlphaBios setup program and select SRM from Utilities -> CMOS Setup > - -> Advanced -> Console selection. Keep in mind that you'll need BSD-type > disklabels on your boot disk, but that's ok with Linux and all BSDs. I will check it next monday. > There is also a method to swith between AlphaBios and SRM; have a look at > [2] (although that one pertains more to the linux folk). FWIW I switched > my 164SX to SRM a decade ago and never looked back at AlphaBios since > then... It will be checked, too. In the floppy drive now there is a floppy disk with ra200ecu.exe (and some other files related to Mylex RAID controller). Can I use this floppy disk? I don't understand exactly the mentioned sfdisk command. Of course there aren't any hdX drive in my machine just sdX. > Some of the alpha boards didn't have enough space for both firmware > images and you could have only one of them loaded at each time (and > needed to flash the other one back, should you decide to change > firmwares), so ymmv. After POS SRM is starting. From the >>> prompt I can start AlphaBIOS so I think I don't have to reflash in every time. The machine is: AS4000 TIA, Ruzsi
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