Re: Alpha newbie install woes - I stand corrected...
I sent a message a couple of minutes ago to this list. I recieved by
private mail this note, and I think I should share it with you - and, of
course, do some research before replying :)
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Hello !
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:48:47AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> > I have just built up (out of 100% donated parts) an Alpha system with a
> > Samsung 164UX board (ruffian, I believe it's called), 633 MHz 21164 CPU, 256
> > MB, and a motley crew of drives: 1) 2 GB SCSI Conner HD, 2) 3.5 GB EIDE HD,
>
> I have a system very similar to yours. I user AlphaBIOS+MILO originally,
> as I feared -as you do now- to get my hands dirty with Alphastuff :)
>
> I strongly suggest you to re-flash your BIOS to use SRM instead of
> AlphaBIOS (some machines do in fact hold both in the EPROM, but I am not
> sure about yours - mine is a 164LX, and has only room for one of the
164LX is NOT very similar to a Ruffian/UX. I own an LX as well and
know a UX at work. Ruffians were x designed by a third party and
had no connection to DEC except for the Alpha Chip. So they no nothing
about SRM and even the milo to use is of much guesswork (hence Jays
hacked version). Please be carefull when giving hints for machine you
do not have access to personally.
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