Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:32:31 +0100 From: "Vahe Khachikyan" <vahe@fh-konstanz.de> To: <Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: firmware upgrade. Message-ID: <002d01c0cc12$fe9f6330$6e70258d@vvl10.fh-konstanz.de>
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Two possibilities either you have an ARC console then you can run update from ARC console, or you have an SRM console then the story varies a little bit. The following story is about the SRM console. You shouldn't just copy the file if you have SRM console! On the Digital's site there is an utility like rawrite (slightly modified) You can use this utility to write the SRM image to floppy DOS,Win...xxx You can also use dd on any Unix box to prepare this floppy . Just take a look in Linux Archives there is information about how to make the CORRECT boot floppy for booting the SRM console. And finally on AlphaStation I think you should enable the jumper to allow boot from floppy and another jumper to allow to flush the chips (the second one is allowed by factory defaults). -- Vahe --- -----Original Message----- From: Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it <Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:15 PM Subject: firmware upgrade. > >I copied the proper file from the COMPAQ www site to upgrade the firmware >to my AlphaStation 255. >I copied it over a blank formatted diskette but when I Try to boot from it, >it says me no valid boot block is found... >how can upgrade the firmware via diskette ?? >thanks > >Rick > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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