28 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-alphaRe: alpha PC | From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Don | Feb 4, 1999 4:32 am | |
| Adauto Souza | Feb 4, 1999 4:39 am | |
| Andrew Gallatin | Feb 4, 1999 6:09 am | |
| Doug Rabson | Feb 4, 1999 6:22 am | |
| Joerg Czeranski | Feb 4, 1999 6:40 am | |
| Andrew Gallatin | Feb 4, 1999 6:53 am | |
| Scot Elliott | Feb 4, 1999 6:56 am | |
| Stuart Krivis | Feb 4, 1999 7:28 am | |
| Martin Heller | Feb 4, 1999 8:19 am | |
| Todd Vierling | Feb 4, 1999 8:26 am | |
| Ted Spradley | Feb 4, 1999 8:33 am | |
| Stuart Krivis | Feb 4, 1999 8:42 am | |
| Ted Spradley | Feb 4, 1999 8:47 am | |
| Matthew Jacob | Feb 4, 1999 9:41 am | |
| Don | Feb 4, 1999 7:26 pm | |
| Don | Feb 4, 1999 7:46 pm | |
| Peter Wemm | Feb 4, 1999 7:54 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Feb 4, 1999 8:08 pm | |
| Jason Thorpe | Feb 4, 1999 8:42 pm | |
| Jason Thorpe | Feb 4, 1999 8:48 pm | |
| Peter Wemm | Feb 4, 1999 10:01 pm | |
| Christian Weisgerber | Feb 5, 1999 2:09 am | |
| Scot Elliott | Feb 5, 1999 2:51 am | |
| Christian Weisgerber | Feb 5, 1999 1:35 pm | |
| Don | Feb 5, 1999 1:45 pm | |
| John Birrell | Feb 5, 1999 1:56 pm | |
| Don | Feb 5, 1999 4:50 pm | |
| Doug Rabson | Feb 9, 1999 11:59 am |
| Subject: | Re: alpha PC | |
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| From: | Don (do...@calis.BlackSun.org) | |
| Date: | Feb 4, 1999 7:26:09 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-alpha | |
I have an AS200-4/233 with SRM "V6.2-2, built on Aug 7 1996 at 11:55:31" and I'm looking to upgrade to V6.9. It's not clear to me what needs to go on the floppy. What exactly is this "mkboot.exe"? Do I need Digital Unix to run it (in which case, I'm stuck)? Is this firmware upgrade even worth the bother?
I have three identical machines running NetBSD at the moment (I have not had the time to upgrade to FreeBSD) I am running SRM version 6.8 and they run very well.
In order to upgrade the rom version you take the newest rom image and write it to a floppy using the mkboot.exe (execute mkboot.exe <rom-image> from dos with a floppy in drive a:) then you put the floppy in your drive and from the srm console you type boot <floppy device name> (Again I dont remember the specifics because it was a little while ago. You can get the floppy device name from the SRM console show device command I believe) the machine will boot the floppy and then give you the option of updating the SRM console. execute this command and when it finishes you power the machine down and then power it up again. (Some docs say to wait like 20 seconds in between the power down and power back up just to be safe but I dont know if this necessary. It doesnt hurt though so I wait) After this your machine will be running the newer SRM rom.
-Don
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