Date: 23 Apr 1999 18:11:33 -0700 From: cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) To: Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org> Cc: "Daniel J. Frasnelli" <dfrasnel@csee.wvu.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Alpha List <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: EBSDK discussion Message-ID: <87u2u67rga.fsf@redmail.redback.com> In-Reply-To: Rich Payne's message of Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:03:59 -0400 (EDT) References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904232057180.32246-100000@talisman.mv.com>
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Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org> writes: > Most systems can take either SRM and/or AlphaBIOS (or ARC for older > systems). The only ones that can't are the 164PC (SX) and the > DeskStation/Samsumg UX boards (that have their own ARCS BIOS). > (I think I got that right). of the modern ones, that may be correct. Note, however, that unless i'm mistaken, a bunch of peple (at least some NetBSD users, IIRC), have successfully put a version of SRM on the SX boards. the UX boards are, as far as i know, the only >=EV5 boards which you can't put any kind of working SRM on. > UX uses ARCS BIOS and the DP264 comes with both SRM and AlphaBIOS. As an aside/addition to this, note that boards/systems which are allegedly "NT only" may come with SRM, but not necessarily with SRM capable of booting VMS or Digital UNIX (or whatever it's called today 8-). An example is the Digital Server 330x boxes (white-box versions of the blue-box AlphaServer 800 family). They include SRM, but it's hacked to keep DU from running. NetBSD, and i presume Linux, however, will work fine with that SRM. cgd -- Chris Demetriou - cgd@netbsd.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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