Re: video card installation
On Monday, 31 May, Michael Barnes wrote:
>
> No, I can't even see the console.
>
> Here's what it does.
>
> The monitor led is orange (standby mode).
> It powers up.
> The monitor led turns green (operational mode).
> The monitor led blinks green (??? mode).
> The system just sits there.
>
> It may be at the srm prompt waiting for input, (it is not set up to boot
> directly, I haven't saved the boot environment variable in the console).
>
So, the fault is apparently SRM's. You can either
- set it to autoboot and/or connect a serial terminal, provided that
SRM remains in working condition after the BIOS emulation failure,
- or replace SRM with AlphaBIOS.
Note that you won't be able to boot via aboot - you have to use MILO.
Nikita
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