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Date:      Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:50:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Alex <alex@intertain.interlog.com>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing on a MB164UX MotherBoard
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420084658.6117A-100000@intertain.interlog.com>
In-Reply-To: <14107.44457.771144.644059@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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>  > 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.

That's very unfortunate, I was hoping that our company could have moved
all of our FreeBSD systems to Alpha processors.

Is there anyone I can talk to regarding this matter?  I might be able to
assist them in some small way.  I would really like to see FreeBSD on this
system.

Alex Specogna



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