Peter van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To be exact, there are globally two versions of Alpha firmware - ARC and
> SRM. One is for booting NT (the Linux loader MILO works with it too, and
> those are the only two IIRC), the other is for booting VMS and OSF/1
> (Digital Unix). You need the second one (which is SRM if I recall
> correctly, I keep mixing them up) for FreeBSD/OpenBSD and friends too.
You can also boot Linux from SRM, but it's a pain in the ass to
set it up. It's worth it, though, 'cause then you get a handy serial
console.
--nat
--
nat lanza --------------------- research programmer, parallel data lab, cmu scs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~magus/
there are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths -- alfred north whitehead
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
