From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 19 6:50:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5251437B42B for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:50:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJEoZ603833; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:50:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:50:35 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Edwards Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on "Miata" Personal Workstation sans SRM. Message-ID: <20011219155035.A3816@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3C20A270.2C574D69@openet-telecom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C20A270.2C574D69@openet-telecom.com>; from peter.edwards@openet-telecom.com on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:21:36PM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 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 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