Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 06:42:41 -0500 From: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> To: Jerry <dr53003@alltel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha 164lx install Message-ID: <20000819064241.A42170@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <000a01c009d4$111b6a60$0cc8a8c0@alltel.net>; from dr53003@alltel.net on Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:53:17AM -0700 References: <000a01c009d4$111b6a60$0cc8a8c0@alltel.net>
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On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:53:17AM -0700, Jerry wrote: > hi.. if i wasnt already bald i would have pulled my hair out > by now.. i have this very expensive brick on my desktop.. > the alpha 164lx. i found your software and thought > everything would be ok, but i was running alphabios and > have a 53c875 scsi controller. it doesnt work so im > wondering what does. please dont say something compaq > because i refuse to buy anything from them again considering > how much they charge for unix and how little they > have done to support the alpha since windows dropped them. > thanks > jerry First, you will need to replace the alphabios with SRM. Please read ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.1-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.1-RELEASE/INSTALL.TXT plus a few other files in the same directory because they provide the extra details you need to install on an alpha. -HTH Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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