From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jun 20 22:53:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86D437BB48 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:53:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000621055438.IPQI10636.relay01@chello.nl>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:54:38 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA81392; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:53:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:53:45 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "brian j. peterson" Cc: ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? Message-ID: <20000621075345.C81345@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG References: <49256904.007A8DB1.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from rbw@myplace.org on Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 04:14:43PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 04:14:43PM -0700, brian j. peterson wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp wrote: > > # SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? > # > # I tried to install FreeBSD4.0/Alpha into Digitalpersonal workstation600a. > # I tried changing AlphaBios to srm. At bootin,itsaid "illeagal device on slot 5" > # > # It was the display card "powerstorm" that has been working with windows/NT4.0. > # > # I changed it with Mach64(rage128?), Number9 GXE64pro and so on, but the boot > # failed. > # > # My friend said that srm for it can work only withmatrox. > # > # Is that true? > > (i'm using an AlphaStation 200 4/233, but i believe it to be sufficiently > similar to the PW series that what i am about to say applies. also note It is not sufficiently similar. The PWS has a number of Pyxis chipset bugs that are directly related to the video board problem. > i know from personal experiece that ATI Mach64-based, Number Nine > T2R-based, and Nvidia TNT-based PCI cards don't work. i have had Matrox- > and 3DLabs Permedia2-based PCI cards working in my alpha at different > times. > > based on what i have read: > -S3 Virge-based cards will work. > -the powerstorm (which is an S3 Trio64-based card) SHOULD work > considering DEC marketed and sold them for use with alphas (see > http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/tru64-unix-managers/9611/msg00489.html > for more info). That does not mean it will work on a PWS.. PWS is rather special in this respect. Unless the board is in the supported options list for T64/VMS for the PWS you might see the dreaded message from the SRM. -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message