Re: which ATI video does 164LX ARC firmware like?
> > Don't know about ARC (do you mean AlphaBIOS ?) (I have switched to
> > SRM long ago) but I run a Radeon 7500 without problems and boot off
> > IDE fine.
>
> As Helge said, the latest SRM (5.8, IIRC) will boot just fine from the
> builtin IDE controller.
>
> And also, the 7500 works very well for me.
>
> However, I've had a few problems with the 7000, and the 9100, AFAIK,
> has never been 3D-tested in the PCI version *OR* on the Alpha, so there
> could be unknown issues (it would also need at least 4.3.0, maybe even
> the CVS tree, for full support).
thanks. I'll get a 7500 and see how it goes. yes, i meant AlphaBIOS
(where did i get the name ARC from? no idea..). Switching to SRM would
be a good thing for the future but it means a -lot- of work if i need
to convert a drive to bsd disklabel partitioning to boot from.
compiling my own X server from 4.3.0 or cvs won't be a problem. I run
a woody system with a small smattering of testing (glibc, up to date
whois, and a few other updated packages) and prefer not to get into
debian between-release dependancy hell.
Ideally i'd also like to use the DVI port on whatever card I get but
I understand from previous postings that its easier said than done at
the moment.
-g
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