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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

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