AlphaPC 164LX & SRM (again)

[Jay Estabrook]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:19:11PM +0400, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
>
> I could flash .rom file from AlphaBIOS update - it reads the file and 
> tells me that it is SRM ... blah, blah ...
> It flashes it, but then I try to reboot - it goes to loop saying about 
> machine check.
> I found a safe way - use safe boot loader to load SRM .rom file from the 
> floppy (this is how I restored my AlphaBIOS - thanks Digital). It works 
> only if I leave only video card ("show config", "show *" commands give 
> correct info).

Interesting...

So, if you take OUT the NCR825, it appears to work better, ie without
the machine checks?

Wonder what that means... ;-}

I think it means you should try another SCSI controller. Any chance?

> I am not sure - are those two .ROM files intended for the same
> machine?

The latest version, V5.8 IIRC, should be in this file:

ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/alphapc164lx/lx164srm.rom

> Is my machine capable of running SRM by design? (I hope so)

Yes, but its FLASH can only hold ONE image, either SRM or AlphaBIOS.

> Unfortunatelly, PAL code in MILO is missing support for oprofile. :(

Yes, the MILO PALcode is inferior in a number of ways to SRM, so it is
best if you can get there...

 --Jay++

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