From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Mar 5 5:13: 8 2003 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 0998A37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 05:13:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from dove.penix.org (dove.penix.org [216.144.7.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3370643F93 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 05:13:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Received: from dove.penix.org (dp@localhost.nls.net [127.0.0.1]) by dove.penix.org (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h25DD1bM035322; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Received: from localhost (dp@localhost) by dove.penix.org (8.12.6/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id h25DD0BK035319; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:00 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Halliday To: freebsd-alpha Cc: bob smith Subject: Re: SRM Firmware upgrade queston, 164LX driving me nuts. In-Reply-To: <20030305070629.GD92645@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: <20030305081115.J35301@dove.penix.org> References: <3E629444.3040004@bellatlantic.net> <20030305070629.GD92645@dragon.nuxi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Tue, 4 Mar 2003, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:31:16PM -0500, bob smith wrote: > > I get the update prompt, UPD> and I tell it to update firmware. > > > > Now, here is where I get confused ; > > the releasenotes, page 11, talks about a floppy with file > > LX164SRM.ROM (downloaded from the ftp site) but the directions > > from the site don't seem to say anything bout this, all they > > talk about is createing the fwupdate.exe. > > > > Going thru the archives I have kept since 2000, I see a lot of refs to > > 164 SRM one ref to 164LX alphabios problem, but no reporrt of success > > getting the puppy over to srm. > > It can be done -- I did it about 1 1/2 ago. IIRC the obvious place to > download the SRM bits from had directions that either didn't work or > didn't make sense (I don't recall). I either found another directory in > the firmware collection that gave better directions; or I used the > pervious firmware collection that had other directions. > > I know this isn't much help, but I did want you to know it can be done; > and we'd *love* to have the steps documented in the email archive once > you figure them out. ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/alphapc164lx.html "Copy the files to a FAT formatted floppy as : fwupdate.exe (The filename must remain unchanged and placed in the top-most level directory on the floppy.) Place the floppy disk in the target system Select "Update AlphaBIOS" from the AlphaBIOS menu." -ph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message