Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:50:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? Message-ID: <20000621075004.B81345@freebie.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <49256904.007A8DB1.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp>; from ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:18:27AM %2B0900 References: <49256904.007A8DB1.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:18:27AM +0900, ynishimura@home.nimc.go.jp wrote: > Dear sirs > > SRM of Digital personal workstation can only works just with matrox ? > > I tried to install FreeBSD4.0/Alpha into Digitalpersonal workstation600a. > I tried changing AlphaBios to srm. At bootin,itsaid "illeagal device on slot 5" > > It was the display card "powerstorm" that has been working with windows/NT4.0. > > I changed it with Mach64(rage128?), Number9 GXE64pro and so on, but the boot > failed. > > My friend said that srm for it can work only withmatrox. > > Is that true? No. Please start with reading HARDWARE.TXT, the problem you mention is documented there. -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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