Subject: Re: netbsd on alpha XL 266
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Tom Linden <tom@gunn.thirdmillenium.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/08/1997 07:18:25
The cpu daughterboard has a jumper, J5, with which one can select
whether to load the firmware (in this case ARC) into memory OR
to load an image from floppy into memory. This is under control
of the DROM code.
This prompts the question, Does SRM exist on floppy?
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Matt Thomas wrote:
> At 03:21 PM 7/7/97 -0700, Tom Linden wrote:
> > I just got the XL 266.
>
> It has only the ARC console. The SRM console is not available for it.
> This means it can't run NetBSD. :-(
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