Ben Tober wrote:
> 	I'm having a strange problem trying to upgrade the firmware on a
> very old AXPpci33s system.  I have read the directions and downloaded the
> disk images from gatekeeper in /pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/interim/multia and

I just looked there and I don't see anything that I'd expect to work
on an AXPpci33.

I've been told that UDB == Multia, but UDB/Multia != AXPpci33/Noname.

The latest AXPpci33 firmware looks like its in:

gatekeeper:/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v3.8/decaxppci33

> set the jumper for a failsafe boot (upgrading from the ARC console is not
> an option here since the system is too old to have had the ARC console).
> On power-on, the system reads the failsafe boot floppy, displays a one-line
> SRM Console banner, then hangs.  Any ideas?  Have there been multiple
> versions of PALcode for the AXPpci33?  Could mine be too old to accomodate
> the current firmware?

Just how old is "old"? Mine's not "new" and hasn't had a firmware
update for a "long" time. 8-) 8-)

> -ben
> 


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