Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:48:32 -0800 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: mikel@zso.dec.com (Mike Lempriere), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current install Message-ID: <199901202248.OAA06480@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:34:04 -0800
Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote:
> > Now the fun part...
> >
> > My machine is an XL box -- no ARC -- it won't boot the standard install
> > from floppy. Has anyone already dealt with this issue?
>
> No ARC is fine, you want SRM. If what you mean is "no SRM", then at
> the moment at least you're SOL. We don't support non-SRM systems yet,
> sorry.
...and even funner! The XL has no SRM available. It doesn't even
have an OSF/1 PALcode systype, and in grand DEC style, it's different
enough from the other APECS systems to need its own.
Oops!
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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