Subject: Re: Booting AXPpci 33
To: Trevor Mendez <BBN.COM!tmendez@werple.net.au>
From: John Birrell <cimaxp1!jb@werple.net.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/31/1995 14:23:42
>
> >what is the symptom, here? what kind of hardware (e.g. video) do you
> >have on your AXPpci?
>
> SYMPTOM
> I've lost the SRM console -- at power up, I see no output, and have
> no working input device. I don't think the firmware is presently
> configured to autoboot, and so nothing much happens when I turn the
> thing on, even when I swap back in the OSF/1 disk. (It would nice to
> figure how to effect a "set console graphics", in order reclaim the
> console.)
If the flash ROM configuration is doubtful, one thing to try is changing the
SROM jumper (J28 and J29) to boot from fail-safe loader floppy (J29 1-3)
so that the board doesn't try to use the flash ROM. If you do not already
have them, you'll need to make floppies from the images on gatekeeper
(I think).
I have two 3.5" disks labelled:
SROM Console Firmware V4.3-3114 for AXPpci33
ARC Console Firmware V4.36 for AXPpci33
This will allow you to reload the SRM console if the board is OK. When I did
this, I used the serial console, so I assume that if you don't get any
serial output while the board is booting from floppy, then you _do_ have a
board problem.
>
> /tdm
>
Regards,
--
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