Minifridge

[Owen Mann]

I've seen (on PC's, just cause I've seen more of them) cases where a PCI card the system disagrees with corrupts/resets the CMOS. Try yanking the cards.

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>Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 0:22:00 -0600
>From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com (on behalf of <heviarti at puresimplicity.net>)
>Subject: Re: Minifridge  
>To: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
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>No, I mean a warm boot. Not a power cycle.  I've rebooted via SRM and had settings vanish.  I was going to see if it'd fire tonight, but I was baling hay.  I've been quite busy the last two days.  I haven't even had a chance to go finish up the work on my new John Deere model A. I'm dying to bring it home again.
>
>  By let it simmer do you mean I should just have power hooked to it, or have it running?
>
> I doubt I have a PCI video card as new as a Radeon hanging around.  I do have some Fire GL 3000 Pros with the expansion decks, but I had really bad luck getting 'em working in X under Debian. Booted fine, however. I had Debian on my AXPPCI33 and my EB164.  Didn't like it. I'll look and see what else I have In my magic PCI bin.  
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>From:  Jay Estabrook <jay.estabrook at gmail.com>
>Subj:  Re: Minifridge
>Date:  Fri Aug 20, 2010 21:34
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>To:  Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
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>heviarti at puresimplicity.net wrote:
>>   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. 
>>   
>If you mean "power cycle" and not just "reboot", then note that
>this is often a symptom that the mobo 3.3v battery has gone dead,
>as the console "setting" is recorded in memory that's backed by it.
>Once replaced, ">>> set console graphics" should hold through
>power cycles.
>
>And a 4/233 could be any of a number of things, but it's certainly
>old enough to have worn out the battery... ;-}
>
>Once you can get it to SRM, ">>> show config" should tell us what
>it really is...
>
>>  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.
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>> 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>
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>>
>> 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
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>>   
>>> 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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