From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 15:47:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2844B16A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9523543D31 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9TFll8G003204; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9TFllsa000563; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9TFllPZ000562; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "jalovell@knology.net" Message-ID: <20041029154747.GB513@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha lx164 from Alphabios to SRM X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:50 -0000 I'll have a check when I am back home to see what stuff I do (or do not) have on the 164LX. Will take till Sunday or Monday evening, please be patient. Wilko On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 03:19:09PM -0000, jalovell@knology.net wrote.. > I know this must have been gone over so many times, but I don't know how to > search the mailing list archive to find the answer. OK I just aquired a > 164lx setup and it previously had windows NT so it was running alphabios. > Well, I found out what I have to do is get SRM console on, so I read > instructions and download the firmware program, renaming it to fwupdate.exe > > I boot the system and go through the update. The system appears to reboot > then goes to a blue screen where it basically tells me i'm missing nt_fw. > I hear I'm supposed to have some file like srm_fw.sys, which I cannot find > anywhere. > > OK, try two. I get this lx164srm.rom file which is ever so praised, stick > it on a formatted floppy and do the upgrade procedure. The Alphabios tells > me there is no update found on that floppy. So, now I'm stuck. I really > want to know how to get the SRM console on my Alpha, but nothing works. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org