Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:17:58 +0100 From: Henrik Wist <wist@ex.MuFFiN.Org> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Cc: sec@42.org Subject: Re: AlphaXL FAQ Message-ID: <20001118191758.A18652@hex.ex.muffin.org> In-Reply-To: <20001117162122.A27462@dragon.nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:21:22PM -0800 References: <20001117232306.A50269@hex.ex.muffin.org> <20001117162122.A27462@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Hi,
On Nov 17, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:23:06PM +0100, Henrik Wist wrote:
> > I'm the proud(?) owner of an Alpha XL/366 with AlphaBios since today.
>=20
> I thought 300MHz was the fastest. Sure it isn't a 266MHz?
Yep, it's to be exact an Alpha XLT/366, forgot the codename.
> > is there _any_ way (like switching from AlphaBios to SRM or whatever)
> > to get this box to run with FreeBSD (or NetBSD for that matter). I'm
> > even willing to hack some code, if that would help. Any
> > pointers/flames/hints appreciated, with best regards,
>=20
> There is a WIP in /sys/boot/arc/ to allow us to boot and run on
> AlphaBIOS. So you'd need to jump in and hack on that to finish it.
Haven't looked at it (all 3.x boxes here), but how much work do you think it
would be? Is it feasible anyway to do it in the copious spare time?
Thanks for your answer,
Henrik
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