Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd)
To: Greg Johnson <gjohnson@physics.clarku.edu>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/05/1999 00:40:51
As Greg Johnson wrote ...
> On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 09:56:34AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > As Andrew Gillham wrote ...
> > > For the average Joe, using the ARC/AlphaBIOS menus to setup booting Linux
> > > and/or BSD, etc isn't so bad. Also, the ARC console can boot from some
> > > NCR controllers that the SRM can't, etc. Hmm, I wonder if the ARC firmware
> >
> > Most/some ARC's (??) can also handle an Adaptec 2940[UW] card.
> >
> > > supports additional video cards also?
> >
> > On some machines yes. For example my Miata accepts video cards while in
> > ARC that it does not (unless you pci_device_override) in SRM. Which makes
> > me wonder why the Pyxis bug is not relevant to NT BTW.
>
> What's the Pyxis bug?
Rather than repeating Jason Thorpe here I suggest you check the mailing
list archive. Jason posted it on Nov 20, 1999
Thanks,
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