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Date:      09 Jul 2000 21:50:11 -0400
From:      Nat Lanza <magus@cs.cmu.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Code Pal VMS
Message-ID:  <uocaefq3ga4.fsf@hurlame.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Peter van Dijk's message of "Sat, 8 Jul 2000 17:00:42 %2B0200"
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000707141455.15381A-100000@jupiter2> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000707204918.19655D-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> <20000707161109.L15683@beastie.localdomain> <20000708170042.E16030@vuurwerk.nl>

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Peter van Dijk <petervd@vuurwerk.nl> writes:

> To be exact, there are globally two versions of Alpha firmware - ARC and
> SRM. One is for booting NT (the Linux loader MILO works with it too, and
> those are the only two IIRC), the other is for booting VMS and OSF/1
> (Digital Unix). You need the second one (which is SRM if I recall
> correctly, I keep mixing them up) for FreeBSD/OpenBSD and friends too.

You can also boot Linux from SRM, but it's a pain in the ass to
set it up. It's worth it, though, 'cause then you get a handy serial
console.


--nat

-- 
nat lanza --------------------- research programmer, parallel data lab, cmu scs
magus@cs.cmu.edu -------------------------------- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~magus/
there are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths -- alfred north whitehead


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