From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 22:42:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4050D16A418 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B072B13C461 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A262EEB4BBE for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC1B1583A2 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uZOFxY9Y7c9Z for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: from ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (vfppp079167010191.dsl.hol.gr [79.167.10.191]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4892B158964 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: by ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EFFBB3F40F; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:20 +0200 (EET) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:20 +0200 From: Nikos Ntarmos To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: NetCInS Lab., C.E.I.D., U. of Patras, Greece WWW-Homepage: http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9680 60A7 DE60 0298 B1F0 9B22 9BA2 7569 CF95 160A Office-Phone: +30-2610-996919 Office-Fax: +30-2610-969011 GPS-Info: 38.31N, 21.82E User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:25 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:03:55PM +0100, Ruzsinszky Attila wrote: > > Ummm... So you already have SRM loaded and it is the default firmware? > Yes. > > > If yes, have a look at the FreeBSD handbook[1] and/or the alpha > > installation instructions for your release of choice (e.g. [2] for > > 6.2R) for ways to boot your machine and to install FreeBSD on it, > > respectively. > FreeBSD is running. I think you don't understand my problem. > > RAID firmware is on the floppy disk. > How can I start it from SRM? I don't know. filename is: ra200rcu.exe > > If I want to configure my RAID controller I have to start AlphaBIOS from SRM. > It is not problem. > >From the AlphaBIOS I can start the named file from the floppy. It is all right. > When I finish my work with RAID controller I exit from RCU sw. I will be > again in AlphaBIOS. How can I go back to SRM without pusing the RESET > button? (I'm on the serial console which is connected to a terminal server.) > How can I reset the machine in this state like init in SRM? > That is the problem. > > SRM is a must because on the other disks there are a VMS, NetBSD and > I want to choose among them. Ok... I had completely misunderstood your problem. My AlphaBios machines are 250km away and off at the moment, so I can't check it out (and I haven't used alphabios for ages). OTOH AS4x00s come with RMC, although you have to power it (there is an inlet by the keyboard plug where you should connect a 9-12V DC adapter). If that is already there, try typing rmc. That will take you to the RMC's prompt, where you can type 'reset' and the system will reboot. If you don't have any DC adapter there but intend to remotely administer this machine, perhaps it would be a good idea to add one. Cheers... \n\n -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Nikos Ntarmos iD8DBQFHUJHMm6J1ac+VFgoRApOPAJ9aACopU2iAm6J6cswGbat1srrxCQCeJ+7+ fL7KpGGBEjxNOruOCR/VW+c= =xfKh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----