Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:08:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Scot Elliott <scot@london.virgin.net> To: Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com> Cc: Robert Huff <rhuff@cybercom.net>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: horrible hack / SRM console Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9901081907350.29274-100000@kirk.london.virgin.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990108105817.12481E-100000@pike.cdrom.com>
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I've seen documentation (NetBSD site?) than mentions SRM support for 164SX boards... which is why I tried to install DEC's latest firmware for this board... any ideas? Scot. On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Murray Stokely wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Robert Huff wrote: > % > This is a perennial problem. At some point *BSD is going to have > % > to consider how to work under ARC or AlphaBIOS. > % > % Last I heard this had been considered and rejected, based on: > % > % 1) the lack of difficulty in obtaining a SRM-using board, or > % installing it afterward. > > Thats bogus because of the large number of DEC systems such as XL's > and SX boards that ONLY ship with AlphaBIOS and can not under any > circumstances be upgraded to SRM. Right now owners of any of the > lower end Alpha workstations from the last few years are completely > alienated with FreeBSD. > > % 2) ARC, while technically usable, is clearly The Wrong Choice. > > Ugly hack as it may be, MILO works very well for Linux. SRM users > in the Linux camp actually seem very few and far between. > > Murray Stokely > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott Mobile: +44 (0)7050 126045 Work: scot@london.virgin.net +44 (0)171 479 4482 Play: scot@poptart.org, scot@indiekid.co.uk, s@cx +44 (0)181 896 1019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html Fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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