Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:50:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex <alex@intertain.interlog.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing on a MB164UX MotherBoard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420084658.6117A-100000@intertain.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <14107.44457.771144.644059@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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> > 1) Is this board reffered to as the "Ruffian" motherboard ? > > 2) How do I get FreeBSD on this system ? > > You have a motherboard wich does not support the SRM console, only the > AlphaBios. Currently, FreeBSD only boots from the SRM console. There > were people working on booting FreeBSD from the AlphaBios, but I > believe the project is stalled, possibly due to a lack of > documentation. That's very unfortunate, I was hoping that our company could have moved all of our FreeBSD systems to Alpha processors. Is there anyone I can talk to regarding this matter? I might be able to assist them in some small way. I would really like to see FreeBSD on this system. Alex Specogna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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