From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 18 2: 1:58 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 02:01:57 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA9E37B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 02:01:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 147x78-00090A-00; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:01:50 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBIA1qO18221; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:01:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:01:52 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: alain hache Cc: "[ -dp- ]" , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Re: Help] Message-ID: <20001218110152.A17597@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20001218002347.156.qmail@nwcst317.netaddress.usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20001218002347.156.qmail@nwcst317.netaddress.usa.net>; from ahache@usa.net on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:23:47AM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:23:47AM +0100, alain hache wrote: > Special thanks to Paul for his answer. > As reported to Paul (Sorry I have been rude I forgot to post the group)I am > still facing some problems as it seems that the machine does not "load" the > software downloaded fom the Digital FTP server. > Could it be linked to some switch config inside the machine? > > As I have been browsing thru various documents lately I finaly found out that > the alpha had two sets of "flash" roms, one for each "system" ARC and SRM, > maybe the "system" version I have is already loaded for SRM and it is just > question to know how to activate it??? > Current version of my arc system seems to be 4.56. Have you read the Alpha version of HARDWARE.TXT ? This explains ARC versus SRM etc -- 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