Re: video card installation

[Nikita Schmidt <cetus@snowball.ucd.ie>]

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