Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:00:23 -0400 From: bob@sfcei.com To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Newbie help on firmware update, how? Message-ID: <B9FB8C769C17D411892D00B0D021653208EC88@sf_pdc>
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I have recently acquired a DEC Alpha 'NoName' mobo with a 166 processor. I have built up a box, but I cannot get the firmware update to properly apply. Upon boot, I can get to the >>> and when I try to apply the firmware update to the SRM console, I get the following : >>>b -fl 0,0 dva0 (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0,0) block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block reading 1735 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1 bootstrap code read in base = 10e000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = d8e00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at 100000 initializing machine state setting affinity to the primary CPU jumping to bootstrap code The system goes for a reboot and then nothing else happens after the blue screen comes up. (I do have the blinking cursor, nothing else.) I have tried booting from the latest Alpha FreeBSD cd and I only get the same as above, except I have a block cursor on the line below jumping to bootstrap code, and nothing ever happens after this. I made a couple of firmware update diskettes on a 4.3 FreeBSD x86 machine and none of them seem to work. Do I need to have the firmware update disk made on a Digital Unix system? If so, could someone make one for me? Does anyone have any other thoughts on this? Thanks much Bob Collins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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