Will SRM boot from IDE disks at all?  So to get this machine working I
only need to install a scsi controller and SRM?  Wonderful.  I have hoped
to replace my as200 for the longest time.

Thanks,
Jeff

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:23:46 +0100
> From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
> To: Jeff Roberson <nomad@nop.aliensystems.com>
> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: 500au
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 03:03:04PM -0800, Jeff Roberson wrote:
> > I may buy a Digital Personal Workstation 500a, but I'd like to make sure
> > SRM is available for this model, and it is supported by netbsd.  Currently
> > it has arc on it.  I see the au series on the port-alpha page, but not the
> > a.  Does anyone know much about these machines?
> 
> I converted a 433a to a 433au by swapping the Adaptec 2940UW for a 
> Qlogic 1040 adapter (so that SRM can boot from the SCSI disks). SRM is
> available, you can select it from the AlphaBIOS to be the default console
> code.
> 
> 433 and 500 is only the CPU (and a few flipped dipswitches)
> 
> There are 2 models mainboard for the PWS, the early one (Miata MX5) has
> a less-than-optimal (read: has silicon bugs) Pyxis chipset. The 2nd
> generation (Miata GL) is better in this respect. 
> 
> Wilko
> -- 
> Wilko Bulte 		Arnhem, The Netherlands	  - The FreeBSD Project 
>     			WWW : http://www.tcja.nl  http://www.freebsd.org
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