From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 11 14:09:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09227 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:09:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles249.castles.com [208.214.165.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA09219 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:09:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05522; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:06:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811112206.OAA05522@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha firmware In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:34:56 EST." <3649D8D0.61F99625@ics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:06:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Is this the wrong list to ask this on? Yes; try alpha@freebsd.org. (moved) > I've got an Digital EB64, a.k.a. Alpha PC64 (and a.k.a. Cabriolet). It's > all set up and and waiting for an OS to install; but ------- > > A week ago when the Alpha 3.0-RELEASE was still on the ftp server and > said it needed NetBSD boot disks, I pulled over and read the NetBSD > install, which said it needed the SRM firmware. I'm presuming that the > FreeBSD install also needs the SRM firmware. > > For whatever reason the SRM firmware is not in the flash ROM on this > board. Nor do I have the disk with the SRM firmware. (I bought the > board, new in the box, but the box had been opened. The outfit I bought > it from okay, as far as it goes, but for various reasons isn't > particularly helpful about coming up with the firmware diskettes for the > board.) I'm also looking for the firmware through other channels, but > don't know when, if ever, they might bear fruit. > > Does anyone that's doing the Alpha port have firmware diskettes for this > board that they'd be willing to dd off the contents and make them > available somewhere for ftp? ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.2 You'll need to know which DEC system(s) used the board - hopefully someone on this list can help out, or the NetBSD/Alpha webpages will probably give you what you need there. The firmware upgrade process can be, er, entertaining. But it's usually pretty painless. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message