Help needed for install on 164SX

[Michael Kronsteiner]

Oh i see... how do i change from AlphaBIOS to SRM?

i have a firmware update cd at home - do i have to rename the SX164_V5_7.EXE
file to FWUPDATE.EXE and put that on a floppy?
at least thats what i think is to be done... and then "update firmware" in
the setup menu... or am i thinking wrong?

To the scsi-adapters : i think AHA-2940 is supported, but im not sure. A NCR
Controller with the same chip (53C810 ?) like some alphas have onboard,
should work under SRM.


> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Bojan "ÿffff8aernek" <sinergitized at yahoo.com>
> An: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
> Betreff: Re: Help needed for install on 164SX
> Datum: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 02:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> On my 164sx, SRM supports my IDE disks and CDROMS ok.
> My only wish would be that it would support my adaptec
> SCSI controller, which, strangely enough, worked under
> AlphaBIOS. Anyone has any idea if I forgot anything?
> Becouse BIOS emulation obviously works for the
> graphics card, but the SCSI controller's BIOS doesn't
> get initialized.
> 
> The devices show up as the usual dka*.
> 
> Bojan.
> 
> --- Michael Kronsteiner <alphamike at gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Bojan!
> > 
> > I have a couple of alphas (Dec 3000 line, Mikasa,
> > ...) which ALL use SRM
> > Console, i like it and never had any trouble with
> > it. But the problem is:
> > will the IDE-HDDs and CDROM work with it? i have
> > heard that this is not so.
> > Anyway i dont like AlphaBIOS at all, just take a
> > quick look at the copyright
> > notice :-). If SRM should support my IDE-Drives, the
> > AlphaBIOS will
> > "disappear" just when i come home. Maybe it is also
> > a good idea to flash
> > milo, but i dont know how to do, and the milo-howto
> > doesn`t really tell.
> > 
> > 
> > > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > > Von: Bojan "ÿffff8aernek" <sinergitized at yahoo.com>
> > > An: Linux on Alpha processors
> > <axp-list at redhat.com>
> > > Betreff: Re: Help needed for install on 164SX
> > > Datum: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 01:32:32 -0700 (PDT)
> > > 
> > > Oh, another one with an 164sx!
> > > 
> > > Are you sure you want to keep your AlphaBIOS?
> > Usually,
> > > people prefer booting 164sx with the SRM console
> > > (which  serves a similar function like AlphaBIOS,
> > but
> > > is command line) - this SRM console is somewhat
> > better
> > > suited for Linux. In fact, I only succeeded
> > booting
> > > the alphacore 1.0 with SRM, no luck with
> > AlphaBIOS.
> > > 
> > > Bojan.
> > > 
> > > --- Michael Kronsteiner <alphamike at gmx.at> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello!
> > > > 
> > > > Ive just got alphacore 1.0 and now fail to
> > install
> > > > (im to dumb i guess...)
> > > > 
> > > > can someone give me advice how to set up the
> > > > alphabios of my machine for
> > > > installing and booting after install?
> > > > 
> > > > i have 2x40G IDE-Hdds in it and IDE-Cdrom.
> > > > 
> > > > many thanks in advance for helping such a stupid
> > guy
> > > > :-(
> > > > 
> > > > best regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Michael
> > > > 
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