From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jun 21 12: 1:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CE437B6CA for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:01:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000621054950.BJSD18262.relay02@chello.nl>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:49:50 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA81382; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:50:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:50:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte 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> Reply-To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG References: <49256904.007A8DB1.00@cmnotesx.nimc.go.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i 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 +0900 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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