Subject: Re: Will this work
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Hobgood <chaos@strange.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/07/2001 14:49:25
>  > As far as I can tell, I have a pc164lx.  Does netbsd run on it?
>  > Assuming it does, I was unable to install the srm.  I kept getting
>  > disk errors when I tried to use the floppy.
>
> NetBSD will run on the 164LX as soon as you get SRM installed, yes.

Make sure that you have just the lx164srm.rom (or some filename like that)
on the MSDOS formatted floppy, and *not* fwupdate.exe, then update the
NVRAM from inside AlphaBIOS (Update Firmware).  It should see the SRM ROM
on the floppy, and copy it over, wiping out your old AlphaBIOS.

Make sure you know your SRM syntax before you wipe it, though, as going
back is nontrivial!

millennium hand and shrimp,

/Andrew