Re: Weirdness with AlphaPC 164: installing SRM firmware, etc.

[Joel Votaw <jovotaw cs nmsu edu>]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2027, Bill McCall wrote:

> I am trying to update an lx164 to SRM to run Tru64.  It locks up at
> 'jumping to secondary boot strap' after validating the boot block on
> the cdrom.  I'm suspecting the Diamond GL Pro video card as not being
> a good match to the Elsa Gloria, even though its a Permedia2 based
> card.   What kind of video card to do you have?

I'm running a Matrox Millenium card.  It seems to work fine with SRM, but
I would think that SRM isn't very picky and just uses VGA.  I think I've
heard that the Millenium isn't supported under Tru64 UNIX, so I'm
basically planning on telnetting in since I can't live with 640x480. 

Are your running the Permedia2 chipset because it is pretty well supported
under Tru64 UNIX?  I don't see it listed at
http://www.digital.com/alphaoem/alpha-hcl.htm but that seems to be a
pretty poor list, or at least aimed at NT users.  Is there a better HCL
somewhere? 

Hmmm, tracking HCL for both firmware and OS is a pain...

	-Joel