From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Apr 26 10:38: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A5437BD63 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:38:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000426173750.PPPU22628.relay02@chello.nl>; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:37:50 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01452; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:37:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:37:55 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SRM questions (mildly off-topic) Message-ID: <20000426193754.J1021@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <8e575m$1ia9$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <8e575m$1ia9$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>; from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 12:45:10AM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 12:45:10AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > These questions are only very tenuously related to FreeBSD: > > * How do I interrupt SRM's autoboot sequence on start-up? > > Following the example in INSTALL.TXT, I have set SRM to boot from > disk automatically. Now if I want to break into the SRM boot on > power-on or after a reset, I need to wait until the FreeBSD loader > has come up and issue the "halt" command there. There *must* be > some way to interrupt SRM to avoid an infinite reboot loop in > case of catastrophic bootstrap failure. Press the haltbutton ;-) Really, instead of a reset button like on PCs Alpha tend to have a halt switch. > * The SRM in "my" AXPpci33 dates from 1996, from the decaxppci33_v1_6.exe > update file on ftp.digital.com. Can this version handle a 100Base-TX > card? > > Obviously, SRM only needs to support an ethernet card for > netbooting. We'll probably never actually use this, but for purely > aesthetical reasons it's a nice capability to have. Currently > the machine has a DE435 (DEC 21040) 10M-TP/BNC/AUI-Combo card, > probably what it originally shipped with. SRM recognizes this > card. Today, I experimentally put in a KNE100TX (DEC 21140A). > Surprise! SRM recognizes this card, too. I do wonder whether it > will put the NIC into 100Mbit/s mode, though. When I booted up > FreeBSD, de(4) had the card into 10Base-T half-duplex mode although > it was connected to a 100Base-TX full-duplex switch port. I could not het my NoName to boot from a genuine DE500 card. YMMV. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message