Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:22:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org> Cc: Adauto Souza <adauto@df.ufpe.br>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha PC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9902041421030.47537-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902040729270.62415-100000@calis.BlackSun.org>
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Don wrote: > > I've tried to install both FreeBSD and OpenBSD but > > I face problems with the BIOS. Indeed the machines > > have Alpha BIOS instead SRM. > FreeBSD does not yet support booting from AlphaBIOS. > The FreeBSD Alpha team is working on a solution for this problem but until > they come up with something like MILO for you need to be using the SRM > firmware. I dont know if the 164LX has SRM available for it but you would > have to check DEC's site or the archives for that one. There is an SRM for the 164LX. I don't think its available in the newer firmware releases but I have a copy from around v5.0. There isn't enough flash space to have both SRM and AlphaBIOS loaded at the same time, so switching is painful. Apart from that it works quite well. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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