Re: AlphaBios 5.66: LX now auto-booting without keyboard attached!

["Stephen J. Gaudet" <sjg dcginc com>]

Hello

>> >Thanks to everyone who convinced the AlphaBios team in adding this
>> >very basic feature!!
>> 
>> It is a great feature but...it has no serial control via com1.  Which means
>> you can set it to count down and boot headless. However, can't stop it or
>> make any changes via console.  Good but, still needs work.
>
> Doesn't LX support SRM?  As SRM is targeted to server systems and not
>only workstations, it has serial console support since day one.  It would
>be an ideal solution for you, I suppose. 
>
> Adding serial support to AlphaBIOS would be a great pain, if at all
>possible, I'm afraid, due to it's full-screen, semi-graphics concept.

Both ths SX and LX support SRM however, its not free like AlphaBIOS. And yes
it does support serial console.  But, there are two problems we see with
SRM. One, it costs $75.00 for a right to use license.  Two, it can't boot an
IDE hard disk, something wrong with aboot.

The good news there is suppose to be a non-license SRM coming.

Cheers,


Steve
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