Date: 05 Feb 1999 09:50:13 +0100 From: Martin Ostermann <ost@comnets.rwth-aachen.de> To: Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> Cc: Stuart Krivis <stuart@apk.net>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha PC Message-ID: <43yamdcjzu.fsf@comnets.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: Don's message of "Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:47:03 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902042227050.63145-100000@calis.BlackSun.org>
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:47:03 -0500 (EST), Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> said: > As far as I know MILO requires ARC firmware because it gets loaded from a > DOS partition by ARC at boot time. This is the usual way, but it's not required. It is possible to load MILO from SRM, see http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/MILO-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5 Anyway, I got an XL-300 at home, for which there is no SRM firmware available(*), so that's why I am interested in these issues: I'd love to try FreeBSD instead of Linux. So my question is: has anybody started already working on ARC/AlphaBIOS support for FreeBSD? Is there any broad estimate available, how long it will take? Thanks, Martin (*) though there are rumors that the AS500 firmware might work with it, anybody tried that? I'd hate to try myself and be left with an unusable machine ... -- Martin Ostermann | mailto:ost+sig0@comnets.rwth-aachen.de Communication Networks | http://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de/~ost Aachen University of Technology | phone: ++49/241/807917 Germany | fax: ++49/241/8890378 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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