From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 19 7:35:28 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 DB45737B419 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:35:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJFZIe03953; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:35:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:35:18 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Edwards Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on "Miata" Personal Workstation sans SRM. Message-ID: <20011219163518.A3931@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3C20A270.2C574D69@openet-telecom.com> <20011219155035.A3816@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3C20B00C.F807BEC9@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: <3C20B00C.F807BEC9@openet-telecom.com>; from peter.edwards@openet-telecom.com on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:19:40PM +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 03:19:40PM +0000, Peter Edwards wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > 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/ > > Hm. I only got 5 mins to play with the box, and didn't see an obvious > way of doing this. I remember reading that there was a distinction > between the "a" and "au" model, and that FreeBSD would only boot from au has a Qlogic SCSI board, a has either an Adaptec SCSI or IDE stuff. Nothing else. > the SRM, not AlphaBIOS. The crack I was smoking probably lead me to the > conclusion that the "a" model didn't have an SRM. It hides in 'Advanced options' or somesuch in ARC. Takes a bit of searching, but it is there. Wilko -- | / 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