On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:33:58AM +0100, rb wrote:

> This is a 3000/400 with old firmware (rev 2.4). Anyone suggest if an
> update is likely to help. The SROM is version 1.0 

I'm not sure if it'll help you boot off of CD, but a firmware upgrade
let me netboot my 3000/400s via bootp (supplied by dhcpd).

see http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/1999/05/19/0008.html for the
proper dhcpd.conf magic required.

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           Chapter 11 was never considered for a book on Alpha!"
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