Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:29:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Alex <alex@intertain.interlog.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing on a MB164UX MotherBoard Message-ID: <14107.44457.771144.644059@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990419171850.4356B-100000@intertain.interlog.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990419171850.4356B-100000@intertain.interlog.com>
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Alex writes: > Good Day. > > My company recently purchased a new Alpha system with a Samsung MB164UX > motherboard. I am currently trying to install FreeBSD and having a heck > of time with it. I have dug through the archives at Freebsd.org with no > avail. I have two questions: > 1) Is this board reffered to as the "Ruffian" motherboard ? > 2) How do I get FreeBSD on this system ? You have a motherboard wich does not support the SRM console, only the AlphaBios. Currently, FreeBSD only boots from the SRM console. There were people working on booting FreeBSD from the AlphaBios, but I believe the project is stalled, possibly due to a lack of documentation. Sorry.. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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