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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Idar Tollefsen <Idar.Tollefsen@baerum.kommune.no>
Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, dburr@borg-cube.com
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on an AlphaPC 164LX - Alpha newbie needs help
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:36:18AM +0200, Idar Tollefsen wrote:
> Yes, you need SRM. No, it can't hold both SRM and AlphaBIOS,
> and no, you can't boot NT from SRM (at least to my knowledge).
> You'll have to choose one of them. You can find the latest of
> both here:
> 
> ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/index.html 

You actually want to skip that page.  For the 164LX it really only
addresses how to update your AlphaBIOS firmware.  The directions are
*much* better at
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/pc164lx/

You want
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v6.0/alphapc164lx/lx164srm.rom

Format a FAT (ms-dos) floppy, and copy lx164srm.rom onto it.
From w/in AlphaBIOS, select update AlphaBIOS firmware.

-- David

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