AlphaPC 164LX & SRM (again)

[Hoover, Tony]

All 164LX machines should be able to run either AlphaBIOS or SRM, but not at
the same time.  The file in this directory:
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/alphapc164lx/ is more
current than the other one, however I believe that either one should "work".



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Tony Hoover, Network Administrator 
KSU - Salina, College of Technology & Aviation
(785) 826-2660

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-----Original Message-----
From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of Sergey Tikhonov
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:19 AM
To: Linux on Alpha processors
Subject: Re: AlphaPC 164LX & SRM (again)

Hoover, Tony wrote:

>Are you following the instructions at:
>ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/alphapc164lx.html
>  
>
Yes, I tried that. It reboot the machine into SRM (special mode) where I 
could do "update", but it complains that
I am missing something (nt_fw). The "verify" command gives the same error.
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).
I am not sure - are those two .ROM files intended for the same machine?
Is my machine capable of running SRM by design? (I hope so)

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

Thank you,

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Sergey Tikhonov
Solvo Ltd.
tsv at solvo.ru

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