Jay Estabrook wrote:
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:19:11PM +0400, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
I could flash .rom file from AlphaBIOS update - it reads the file and
tells me that it is SRM ... blah, blah ...
It flashes it, but then I try to reboot - it goes to loop saying about
machine check.
I found a safe way - use safe boot loader to load SRM .rom file from the
floppy (this is how I restored my AlphaBIOS - thanks Digital). It works
only if I leave only video card ("show config", "show *" commands give
correct info).
Interesting...
So, if you take OUT the NCR825, it appears to work better, ie without
the machine checks?
Yep. But the same NCR has been working in my AlphaStation 200 for years.
I tried to access floppy (like boot from it) without NCR installed -
and got machine check again. :(
Wonder what that means... ;-}
I think it means you should try another SCSI controller. Any chance?
I have Adaptec 2940, but as far as I know it is (was) not supported by
SRM.
Is my machine capable of running SRM by design? (I hope so)
Yes, but its FLASH can only hold ONE image, either SRM or AlphaBIOS.
Yes, I know that.
Unfortunatelly, PAL code in MILO is missing support for oprofile. :(
Yes, the MILO PALcode is inferior in a number of ways to SRM, so it is
best if you can get there...
Ok, I will try one more time.
Thank you for help,
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