From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 07:10:19 2004 Return-Path: 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 EC9A916A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:10:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net (just.puresimplicity.net [140.177.207.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D78F43D3F for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:10:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hemi@puresimplicity.net) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net (localhost.puresimplicity.net [127.0.0.1])i9V7AIQG033300 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:10:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hemi@just.puresimplicity.net) Received: (from hemi@localhost) by just.puresimplicity.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9V7AId7033299 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:10:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hemi) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:10:18 -0600 From: Josh Tolbert To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041031071018.GA33270@just.puresimplicity.net> References: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> <20041031061635.GB56606@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041031061635.GB56606@dragon.nuxi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Alpha lx164 from Alphabios to SRM X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:10:20 -0000 On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:16:35PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 03:19:09PM -0000, jalovell@knology.net wrote: > > I know this must have been gone over so many times, but I don't know how to > > search the mailing list archive to find the answer. OK I just aquired a > > 164lx setup and it previously had windows NT so it was running alphabios. > > Well, I found out what I have to do is get SRM console on, so I read > > instructions and download the firmware program, renaming it to fwupdate.exe > > I'm not sure you have to update the firmware on a 164LX. I don't recall > what I did on mine, but I think the ROM might be big enough that it has > both AlphaBIOS and SRM in it. Did you try switching to SRM in the > AlphaBIOS configuration menus? PC164LX's firmware isn't big enough to hold both AlphaBIOS and SRM. He'll have to switch to SRM. I don't remember the procedure I used to switch mine from AlphaBIOS to SRM; I just know it took a lot of voodoo and swearing. Oh, and mine defaulted to a serial console once the SRM did get installed and banging on the keyboard didn't make it recognize the presence of a hardware console. Good luck, Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ If your sysadmin's not being fascist, you're paying him too much. --Sam Greenfield