On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Matthew Orgass wrote:
>   Hmm... Somewhere between pages 30 and 50 (I think--in the flash rom
> section) it describes a flash rom header and says that a jumper is used to
> determine which is loaded at boot time.  So if you have a "turbo" switch
> or such on the case it shouldn't be too painful to dual boot...  Unless
> they don't both fit...

You mean the Boot Option Jumper (CF7)? It sounds like that switches
between whatever firmware you have loaded and the "fail-safe booter,"
which is for reflashing the firmware... I don't think it's for switching
between ARC and SRM.

However, I downloaded the "AlphaPC 164 Motherboard DIGITAL UNIX User 's
Manual"
(http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/pc164umu.pdf)
and it says that the SRM console has an "arc" command: "Loads and runs
the Windows NT ARC firmware from a diskette." So, perhaps that would
work... maybe a bit inconvenient to boot off a floppy, but better than
having to reflash the firmware :)
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