Subject: Final question for DEC 3000/300x
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Jon Lindgren <jlindgren@espus.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/24/1999 07:53:42
After a few troubles, I managed to get 1.4.1 installed on my 3000/300x
boxes. Thanks to all for pointers!
A final question. Technically, do these machines run an SRM or the old
VAX PROM? It looks like a hybrid, yet I'm tempted to call it an SRM...
I was able to netboot the machine using SRM 7.0 (thanks to
agrier@poofy.goof.com comments on using "vm=rfc1048" on bootptab). I also
had some problems with the SRM security, but figured out how to bypass
this. I've put up a page at http://www.yubyub.net/computers/index.html
(go to DEC Alpha on the left) which has pictures, boot messages, etc... I
plan to put up some tips and jumper descriptions tonight. If anyone has
any other tips or experiences with these boxes, I'd appreciate it if you'd
drop me a line at either address below.
These boxes are beautiful. And so is NetBSD :-)
Thanks again, all!
-Jon Lindgren
"Xyzzy! You're a duck!"
jlindgren@espus.com, yubyub@yubyub.net