Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:26:31 -0500 (EST) From: Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: Scot Elliott <scot@london.virgin.net>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha PC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902042216090.63145-100000@calis.BlackSun.org> In-Reply-To: <199902041648.KAA01184@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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> I have an AS200-4/233 with SRM "V6.2-2, built on Aug 7 1996 at 11:55:31" and > I'm looking to upgrade to V6.9. It's not clear to me what needs to go > on the floppy. What exactly is this "mkboot.exe"? Do I need Digital > Unix to run it (in which case, I'm stuck)? > Is this firmware upgrade even worth the bother? I have three identical machines running NetBSD at the moment (I have not had the time to upgrade to FreeBSD) I am running SRM version 6.8 and they run very well. In order to upgrade the rom version you take the newest rom image and write it to a floppy using the mkboot.exe (execute mkboot.exe <rom-image> from dos with a floppy in drive a:) then you put the floppy in your drive and from the srm console you type boot <floppy device name> (Again I dont remember the specifics because it was a little while ago. You can get the floppy device name from the SRM console show device command I believe) the machine will boot the floppy and then give you the option of updating the SRM console. execute this command and when it finishes you power the machine down and then power it up again. (Some docs say to wait like 20 seconds in between the power down and power back up just to be safe but I dont know if this necessary. It doesnt hurt though so I wait) After this your machine will be running the newer SRM rom. -Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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