AlphaPC 164LX & SRM (again)

[Sergey Tikhonov]

Jay Estabrook wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:19:11PM +0400, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
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>>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).
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>Interesting...
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>So, if you take OUT the NCR825, it appears to work better, ie without
>the machine checks?
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Yep. But the same NCR has been working in my AlphaStation 200 for years.
I tried to access floppy (like boot from it) without NCR installed - and 
got machine check again. :(

>Wonder what that means... ;-}
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>I think it means you should try another SCSI controller. Any chance?
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I have Adaptec 2940, but as far as I know it is (was) not supported by SRM.

>>Is my machine capable of running SRM by design? (I hope so)
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>Yes, but its FLASH can only hold ONE image, either SRM or AlphaBIOS.
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Yes, I know that.

>>Unfortunatelly, PAL code in MILO is missing support for oprofile. :(
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>Yes, the MILO PALcode is inferior in a number of ways to SRM, so it is
>best if you can get there...
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Ok, I will try one more time.

Thank you for help,

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Sergey Tikhonov
Solvo Ltd.
tsv at solvo.ru

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