Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:50:35 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@openet-telecom.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on "Miata" Personal Workstation sans SRM. Message-ID: <20011219155035.A3816@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3C20A270.2C574D69@openet-telecom.com>; from peter.edwards@openet-telecom.com on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:21:36PM %2B0000 References: <3C20A270.2C574D69@openet-telecom.com>
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:21:36PM +0000, Peter Edwards wrote: > Hi, > Before I go and shell out some (not so hard) cash for a PWS 433a, I'd > like to know how much effort it'll take to get FreeBSD working on it. > > I know that the machine is the "a" version, so there's no SRM on it at > present. Can anyone tell me: if I upgrade the BIOS with the image on the > Compaq site, is the new BIOS augmented with the SRM, or do I need to go > look for some ROMs or a ROM image in order to get FreeBSD running on it? It is just a matter of flashing the SRM into the flashrom. But Miatas have both SRM and AlphaBIOS/ARC installed in the same flashrom, you can select from ARC to select SRM on next powerup. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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