David Huggins-Daines (dhd@linuxcare.com) wrote: > Not likely on a UP1000, as I don't believe API has started shipping > them with SRM yet. (If they have, I'd like to know, as it will > require us to update our boot-floppies documentation a bit :-) I don't think they've released it yet, but there is a beta. > However, checking the serial port might be a good idea anyway, because > AlphaBIOS can also use the serial port (It could be that your video > card is not getting initialized properly, though I was pretty sure the > G400 was supported by the BIOS emulation in recent AlphaBIOS versions) Right, recent AlphaBIOS can use a seral console. Connect a text terminal or grab a null modem, attach it to the first serial port and set it for: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, N parity bits, one stop bit. If you don't get any display you may need to disconnect the keyboard from the system. > API should have support people that can help you... Try http://www.alpha-processor.com/support/request.shtml HTH, Ron -- Email: <mailto:rbf@farrer.net> Home: <http://www.farrer.net> Bellingham Linux Users Group: <http://www.blug.org> Alpha Linux Orginization: <http://www.alphalinux.org>
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