Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:27:43 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) Message-ID: <20001209102743.C5733@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <200012082335.eB8NZmF02744@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:35:48PM -0800 References: <200012082252.PAA26946@usr01.primenet.com> <200012082335.eB8NZmF02744@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:35:48PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Like I said elsewhere, I think there is a legal barrier to them > > > > doing this, because of a contract with Microsoft. 8-(. > > > > > > Funny that you can get SRM for various machines then that will boot from > > > the Adaptec controllers, eh? > > > > Are there systems recently manufactured, for which SRM is not > > available? > > If you mean Alpha systems, not to the best of my knowledge. Wilko would > be the authoritative source here. Everything produced by Compaq these days has SRM. Has to, as Tru64 & VMS need SRM. 3rd parties like UP1000 also have SRM. It simply does not make too much sense to produce hardware for which there is no OS ;) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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