From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Sep 3 13:47:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp8.xs4all.nl (smtp8.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 918CC37B40B for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp8.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA23938; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:47:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f83KlOq01751; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:47:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:47:24 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Diego Montalvo Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bios corruption? Message-ID: <20010903224724.A1723@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010903202233.45472.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010903202233.45472.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com>; from dmontal2@yahoo.com on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 01:22:33PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 01:22:33PM -0700, Diego Montalvo wrote: > Hello, > > I was installing FreeBSD yesterday and I choice the > Upgrade option. To my dismay, I noticed that the > alpha server, does not boot up properly, nor does it > run AlphaBios, boot to any dva0, it just hangs in SRM. Hmm. There is a failsafe booter option (jumper) that allows you to recover from a f*d up SRM firmware. Is that what you are looking for? This is a AS1200 yes? W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message