Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:41:16 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Henrik Wist <wist@ex.MuFFiN.Org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AlphaXL FAQ Message-ID: <20001117234116.A6168@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <20001117232306.A50269@hex.ex.muffin.org>; from wist@ex.MuFFiN.Org on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:23:06PM %2B0100 References: <20001117232306.A50269@hex.ex.muffin.org>
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:23:06PM +0100, Henrik Wist wrote: > Hi, > I'm the proud(?) owner of an Alpha XL/366 with AlphaBios since today. To make > a long story short, I searched the web and came to the following conclusion: > > a) I need a SRM to run FreeBSD/Alpha. > b) There is no SRM for the XL. Correct on both counts. > Even though I'm pretty sure that a) and b) both are true, 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 Unless you you make FreeBSD run with ARC/AlphaBIOS and the crippled NT PALcode you are stuck.. :-( -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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