Minifridge
Dialup Jon Norstog
thursday at allidaho.com
Sat Aug 21 03:26:20 UTC 2010
Hevi sounds to me as if the hardware is **not** all right. That biz of losing
its memory after a shutdown ... A good thing to do is plug the box in and
let it simmer for a week to warm up the chipset.
jn
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From: <heviarti at puresimplicity.net>
To: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>, Linux on Alpha processors
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Sent: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:04:00 -0600
Subject: Re: Minifridge
> Well, I do know a little about SRM, and I've fought with this one
> some. I can't get it to maintain the setting for video output.
> Console is always serial after a reboot.
>
> The only model info is 82-PB76B-01
>
> I've had this thing sitting under my kitchen table for a year
> because I can't get into it. I tried about six different
> possibilities for getting it into single user mode, and then CTRL-C
> stopped working to get me into SRM. So now I don't know how I'm
> going to get access to the OS... -fl s doesn't seem to do it,
> neither did -fl single, -fl 1, -fl S, -fl init=1, or -fl
> init=single. I have a VT, but my MMJ cable is no more. It was at my
> mother's house, and she threw it away thinking it was an extra phone
> cord.
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: "Dialup Jon Norstog" <thursday at allidaho.com>
> Subj: Re: Minifridge
> Date: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:28
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> To: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
>
> Hevi,
>
> assuming the Tru64 installation is still OK and the hardware is good,
> everything you need to know you can find out from the console:
>
> "sh b*"
>
> will give you the boot device, parameters, and options.
>
> If you can't get a screen, turn the box on and type "control c" like
> mad while the disks are spinning up.
>
> good luck
>
> jn
>
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> Sent: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:43:00 -0600
> Subject: Minifridge
>
> > I'll get a read on it when I get up in the morning. I think it's a
> > 4/233. Old enough it still says 'Digital' but new enough It says
> > 'Alpha Generation'
> >
> > One of these days I've gotta get a 164 or 264 superfridge....
> >
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