Re: Swapping AlphaBIOS with SRM on SX running RH5.2

[Rich Payne <rdp talisman alphalinux org>]

On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> > >In order to reflash to SRM you'll need the .rom image (I think), last I
> > >knew the images on the Compaq ftp site would only upgrade an existing SRM,
> > >however with the demise of NT and AlphaBIOS the Q may have become a little
> > >more generous about that. FWIW if you order the Tru64 non-commercial pack
> > >it comes with a firmware CD with all the relevant SRM images for different
> > >machines.
> > </snip>
> > 
> > As noted in Greg Johnson's forward from yesterday, you can find quite
> > a number of the SRM .rom files at
> > 
> > http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/interim/
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Craig
> 
> Can anyone 'in the know' comment about the sx164srm.rom found there? I
> mean the date is listed as Dec.1,1999. Is the file itself new (what bugs
> are fixed, etc), or is it just the old one made available now? Don't get
> me wrong, thank you for making it publicly available, but documentation
> is needed, too.

Hmmm.... I don't know with version is in here:
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/interim/sx164/

but, once you've got that version loaded, you should ba able to update to
the latest? Right? 

ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/v5.5/alphapc164sx/

I think the second one there should be 5.5-82

--rdp

Rich Payne
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