With these to responses to the orig questin, can I trouble you folks
to ask if you have access to a manual or some explanation of the error
codes/count down on power up?  I have two different symptoms from
two machines - E5 as the last code before the build date is popped out.
I get no prompt or reaction via the keyboard or on the screen after
this.  The second symptom is a no leds, no apparent power BUT when I
shut it off, the power seems to still be on.
Any hints, pointers to a manual, greatly appreciated.
thanks
bob

"Haapanen, Tom" wrote:
> 
> NetBSD runs quite well on the 200 4/233 -- we have had four of those running
> as production servers for about the past three years or so.  They run a mix
> of 1.4, 1.4.1 and 1.5.
> 
> The built-in NCR SCSI has worked perfectly for me, but I will admit to never
> having even tried to install X.  And I yanked out the silly PCMCIA-to-ISA
> adapters.  :-)
> 
> If you have SRM on it (I think most do), you can do a netboot from the
> firmware, install 1.5(.1) over the network/FTP, and be up and running in no
> time -- it's quite lovely, and you don't have to go rummaging in the
> basement for one of those floppy disk things you once had!
> 
> -----
> Tom Haapanen
> tomh@motorsport.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. James Phillippe [mailto:bryan@terran.org]
> Sent: 05 September 2001 20:22
> To: NetBSD/Alpha
> Subject: Newbie seeks advice: AlphaStation 200
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I am very new to NetBSD; I ordered a Wasabi 1.5 4-CD set today, but have
> yet to install or even use NetBSD. :-)  I am an experienced Linux/Alpha
> user, and have both a diskless multia and an AlphaStation 200 4/233.
> 
> I have been reading the FAQ's and docs on the netbsd.org site regarding the
> Alpha port, but I suspect that some of the information may be out of date.
> Particularly, the docs state that the ZLXp-E2 is not supported and that the
> NCR SCSI driver is buggy.  Is this accurate?  If so, is there any hope of
> running X on this system, and does the text-mode console have any trouble?
> Also, if the SCSI driver is buggy, in what way?
> 
> Also, this system usually comes with an ISA PCMCIA bridge card (as does
> mine), but I did not see any mention of support for that.
> 
> Otherwise, I am hoping my system is a good candidate for a light-duty
> server running NetBSD, and a good learning platform for the OS.
> 
> Some other newbie questions I have:
> 
>         o Is it easy enough to move from 1.5 to 1.5.1?
>         o Is there a resource or FAQ some place that contains information
>           I might find helpful in configuration of this system (such as
>           sound card settings)?
>         o Are there any known "gotchas" for NetBSD on this model?  Things
>           that don't work, known bugs, etc?
> 
> Thank you,
> -bp
> --
> # bryan at terran dot org
> # http://www.terran.org/~bryan