From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Jun 19 21: 7:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7A414F22 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:07:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA05179; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:32:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199906200432.OAA05179@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Anyone up for an exorcism? In-Reply-To: from Bruce Walter at "Jun 19, 1999 11:44:12 pm" To: walter@fortean.com (Bruce Walter) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:32:15 +1000 (EST) Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bruce Walter wrote: > > > 1) Sliding the jumper over to failsafe mode and inserting an SRM complient > > > boot block diskette with the firmware update utility. This actually > > > loads, displays the BIOS emulation message, then sits at the blue > > > SRM/ARC screen with no output. Happens with both the SRM and the ARC > > > > You sure it's not just waiting for your interaction on the serial port? :-) > > That was my first thought... I went through every serial cable here, and > connected it to terminal software on several different machines. > Null-modem cables, full-handshake, yadda yadda yadda. Nothing was coming > out of those ports. I did find a webpage which states the pinout diagram > on the Design Guide was wrong, so I even made a cable assuming the pinouts > were right. > > (Heavy Sigh) > > Other than that, the board has run (blech) linux flawlessly. If you have a video card installed, pull it out (just in case). Unplug the keyboard before powering up. Use a standard (i.e. PC serial wobbly-dangly-bit) serial connector. Set the failsafe mode jumper and try the SRM boot disk again. It should work. I remember that I had a few problems when I first did this. I complained to DEC and they sent a replacement board. It turned out to be pilot error on my part (due to where the boot output was going, and me not waiting long enough, or something like that). I only ever saw ARC or SRM loaded, so, as always, YMMV. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message