Subject: Re: New Multia, can't get it going right...
To: Debian-Alpha <debian-alpha@lists.debian.org>
From: Marc Schlensog <fishtank@web.de>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/07/2003 21:21:11
Hi!

"Zach Lowry" <zach@zachlowry.net> schrieb am 07.08.03 20:18:48:
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> Hello everyone!
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> I just recently replaced my VX40 with a brand new VX42 in the
> original box. It seems to have an older version of the firmware on
> it, but I'm not sure which. All I get when I turn it on is a cursor
> in the lower left, that is replaced by a ">>>" cursor in the upper
> left when I hit <cr>. I've made a firmware upgrade disk, placed it in
> the drive, and booted, but it doesn't seem to upgrade anything. If I
> try to boot into the ARC BIOS, it just hangs at "Loading ARC
> Firmware...". If I try to change a firmware variable, its reset to
> the previous value upon reset. Has anyone seen anything like this
> before? 

Yeppers. Sounds to me as if the battery was down. I'd suggest to swap
it and try again or to use SRM ( the >>> -Prompt)

Regards,

Marc
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