Subject: Re: EB164 SRM console?
To: Gyenes Istvan <frts@simba.sch.bme.hu>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/13/2000 14:42:48
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:18:20PM +0200, Gyenes Istvan wrote:

 > An EB164 was given to me. Actualy it's a Microway SC164. I made a power
 > supply for this particular motherboard (from a standard ATX one),and it
 > works!

SC164 or SX164?  If so, you want to use "164sx" or "sx164" SRM, not "eb164".

The EB164 and 164SX were fairly different, even though they are the
same systype.

 > Can somebody give me detailed informations about how to upgrade the
 > firmware to SRM?
 > I tried to use the files I found on
 > ftp.dec.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/eb164 but it doesn't work. I
 > tried to upgrade from the arc console but it gives me "Unrecognised
 > filesystem" or something like this. (The floppy is a standard fat16 one)
 > So can somebody help me? :-)
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > 
 > --
 > frts
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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>