Subject: Re: Personal Workstation 'a'.
To: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@imrryr.org>
From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/20/1999 17:08:18
R. C. Dowdeswell writes:
>
> Just a quick question:
>
> Is is possible to get the SRM console to run on a Personal Workstation 500a?
> And if so, would it be covered under 500au support?
>
Yes.
However, it must have a Qlogic (or possibly NCR) scsi adapter in order
to boot from a scsi disk. Older 'a' series machines shipped with
Adaptec scsi cards, which the SRM cannot boot from.
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