From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 9 1:41:28 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 9 01:41:25 2000 Return-Path: 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 D397237B401; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 01:41:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 144gVO-0007Xj-00; Sat, 09 Dec 2000 09:41:23 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB99Rhr05791; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:27:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:27:43 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Terry Lambert , Mike Eldridge , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001209102743.C5733@freebie.demon.nl> References: <200012082252.PAA26946@usr01.primenet.com> <200012082335.eB8NZmF02744@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200012082335.eB8NZmF02744@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:35:48PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:35:48PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Like I said elsewhere, I think there is a legal barrier to them > > > > doing this, because of a contract with Microsoft. 8-(. > > > > > > Funny that you can get SRM for various machines then that will boot from > > > the Adaptec controllers, eh? > > > > Are there systems recently manufactured, for which SRM is not > > available? > > If you mean Alpha systems, not to the best of my knowledge. Wilko would > be the authoritative source here. Everything produced by Compaq these days has SRM. Has to, as Tru64 & VMS need SRM. 3rd parties like UP1000 also have SRM. It simply does not make too much sense to produce hardware for which there is no OS ;) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org 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