From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon May 10 15:54: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD2515545 for ; Mon, 10 May 1999 15:53:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from localhost (dfr@localhost) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA58987; Mon, 10 May 1999 23:53:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:53:49 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: khaled daham Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SRM rom In-Reply-To: <199905102218.WAA11582@master.telia.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 10 May 1999, khaled daham wrote: > In article you wrote: > > On Mon, 10 May 1999, Koscielny, Wally wrote: > > >> I have the location written down at home, when I get home I will post it for > >> you. > >> If its no longer there I can put it up on my ftp. > >> > >> WK > > > I just upgraded the firmware on my 164lx. I downloaded the contents of > > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.4/alphapc164lx and used > > the SRM 'fwupdate' command. Just put the file lx164_v5_4.exe on a FAT > > formatted floppy and rename it to fwupdate.exe, then type 'fwupdate' from > > the SRM prompt. I think you can switch from AlphaBIOS to SRM with this > > too. > > > -- > > Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com > > Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 > > If it is just the fwupdate then no you cant go from alphabios to srm. > srm for LX boards has a price/license , you need a srm-image to use fwupdate .. > I however was able to convince ppl at digital to send it to me , > I managed to convince them that i wouldnt use osf/1 just *bsd. > So the licensing issue was no longer a problem.. > this problem only occurs with the LX boards i think. f.e the multia > doesnt have this licensing issue and the rom-image can be found at > ftp.digital.com .. I originally switched from AlphaBIOS to SRM using a rom file which I downloaded from ftp.digital.com. I think it might have been in the v5.0 firmware release. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message