From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 11:02:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF0216A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C539143D49 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9PB2147078192 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:01 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9PB20ZF078185 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:00 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:00 GMT Message-Id: <200410251102.i9PB20ZF078185@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:02:02 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2001/09/10] alpha/30486 alpha AlphaServer DS10 floppy access is broken o [2001/09/10] alpha/30487 alpha Floppy access on AlphaServer DS20 solid l o [2003/02/05] alpha/47952 alpha DEFPA causes machine check with V5.0-rele o [2003/11/10] alpha/59116 alpha [ntfs] mount_ntfs of a Windows 2000-forma o [2004/01/26] alpha/61940 alpha Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alp o [2004/01/27] alpha/61973 alpha Machine Check on boot-up of AlphaServer 2 f [2004/06/06] alpha/67626 alpha X crashes an alpha machine, resulting reb 7 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2001/01/27] alpha/24663 alpha Console output gets scribbled into /var/l o [2001/02/22] alpha/25284 alpha PC164 won't reboot with graphics console o [2001/06/07] alpha/27930 alpha NE2000 not supported on FreeBSD Alpha 4.x o [2001/06/07] alpha/27933 alpha Time jitter under load on FreeBSD 4.3 alp f [2001/07/29] alpha/29299 alpha FreeBSD 4.3 Alpha + Tekram SCSI adapter p o [2001/10/01] alpha/30970 alpha Ensoniq 1371 (Creative chipset) does not o [2002/01/24] alpha/34232 alpha rpc.statd throws alignment errors o [2002/05/13] alpha/38031 alpha osf1.ko not loaded during boot-time of li p [2002/11/12] alpha/45240 alpha pstat -f column headings misaligned on Al o [2003/02/25] alpha/48676 alpha Changing the baud rate of serial consoles o [2003/04/12] alpha/50868 alpha fd0 floppy device is not mapped into /dev o [2004/05/10] alpha/66478 alpha unexpected machine check: panic for 4.9, o [2004/06/13] alpha/67903 alpha hw.chipset.memory: 1099511627776 - thats o [2004/09/23] alpha/72024 alpha LONG_MIN / 1 sends a "Floating exception" 14 problems total. From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 15:19:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C318816A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:19:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from webmail.knology.net (webmail.knology.net [69.73.24.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A5F343D1F for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:19:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jalovell@knology.net) Received: (qmail 22866 invoked by uid 400); 29 Oct 2004 15:19:09 -0000 Date: 29 Oct 2004 15:19:09 -0000 Message-ID: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> From: "jalovell@knology.net" To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Knology Webmail Dec 2003 Release X-IPAddress: 207.157.17.214 X-Sender: jalovell@knology.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Alpha lx164 from Alphabios to SRM X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:19:10 -0000 I know this must have been gone over so many times, but I don't know how to search the mailing list archive to find the answer. OK I just aquired a 164lx setup and it previously had windows NT so it was running alphabios. Well, I found out what I have to do is get SRM console on, so I read instructions and download the firmware program, renaming it to fwupdate.exe I boot the system and go through the update. The system appears to reboot then goes to a blue screen where it basically tells me i'm missing nt_fw. I hear I'm supposed to have some file like srm_fw.sys, which I cannot find anywhere. OK, try two. I get this lx164srm.rom file which is ever so praised, stick it on a formatted floppy and do the upgrade procedure. The Alphabios tells me there is no update found on that floppy. So, now I'm stuck. I really want to know how to get the SRM console on my Alpha, but nothing works. From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 15:47:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2844B16A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9523543D31 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9TFll8G003204; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9TFllsa000563; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9TFllPZ000562; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:47:47 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "jalovell@knology.net" Message-ID: <20041029154747.GB513@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha lx164 from Alphabios to SRM X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:50 -0000 I'll have a check when I am back home to see what stuff I do (or do not) have on the 164LX. Will take till Sunday or Monday evening, please be patient. Wilko On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 03:19:09PM -0000, jalovell@knology.net wrote.. > I know this must have been gone over so many times, but I don't know how to > search the mailing list archive to find the answer. OK I just aquired a > 164lx setup and it previously had windows NT so it was running alphabios. > Well, I found out what I have to do is get SRM console on, so I read > instructions and download the firmware program, renaming it to fwupdate.exe > > I boot the system and go through the update. The system appears to reboot > then goes to a blue screen where it basically tells me i'm missing nt_fw. > I hear I'm supposed to have some file like srm_fw.sys, which I cannot find > anywhere. > > OK, try two. I get this lx164srm.rom file which is ever so praised, stick > it on a formatted floppy and do the upgrade procedure. The Alphabios tells > me there is no update found on that floppy. So, now I'm stuck. I really > want to know how to get the SRM console on my Alpha, but nothing works. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 16:16:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0045A16A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:16:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from devax.admin.athabascau.ca (devax.admin.athabascau.ca [131.232.5.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F8143D1F for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:16:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from RICHARDLO@admin.athabascau.ca) Received: from admin.athabascau.ca by admin.athabascau.ca (PMDF V5.1-12 #29292)freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:16:27 MST Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:16:27 -0700 (MST) From: Richard Loken In-reply-to: <20041029151909.22865.qmail@webmail3.knology.net> To: "jalovell@knology.net" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Please-Resend: yes cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alpha lx164 from Alphabios to SRM X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:16:36 -0000 You have to make sure that the file on the floppy has the right name. I have been there and done that but, like the other answer your received, I have to go home and look at my notes. But don't dispair, it will work. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS |"I think of a man and then Athabasca University |I take away reasoning and Athabasca, Alberta Canada |accountability" Melvin Udall ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca ** | in "As Good as it Gets"