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| 196.1 | One or t'other | afirm1.ayo.dec.com::Gordon | Gordon McNab | Tue Apr 01 1997 17:03 | 8 |
| > How to pass from ALPHAbios to SRM console when ALPHAbios doesn't
> offer this possibility. Maybe this SBC card can't contain ALPHAbios and SRM
> code in the flash PROM ??
That is correct. The Flash holds either SRM or AlphaBIOS consoles.
Gordon
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| 196.2 | | IRNBRU::GRANT | Iain Grant, E&RT, DTN 823-3532 | Tue Apr 01 1997 17:28 | 7 |
| Gilles,
Due to the licenses shipped with the EBM44 CPU's there is no way that a
CUSTOMER can change an AlphaBIOS system to a UNIX system.
Iain Grant
DMCC Product Support
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| 196.3 | What was ordered? | CIMCAD::PIERSON | | Tue Apr 01 1997 22:24 | 17 |
| While Iain is correct, and customers cannot (legally) change consoles
the situation here is (as i read it) a bit different. The customer
ordered & paid for 5 'srm console' EBM44-AZ ('unix boards').
The customer RECEIVED _four_ EBM44-AZ and one 'something else',
apparently an EBM44-AA.
If i understand the situation, the first response is:
defective board, send it back.
Depending on the situation, if some Digital personell got the neccesary
pieces off the Ayr web site & changed the board over...
The changeover is (more or less intentionally) NOT easy. Its doable.
regards
dwp
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| 196.4 | | EVTAI1::POUSSARD | | Wed Apr 02 1997 09:44 | 12 |
| Thanks for your answer.
I will ask that we change its board to a new EBM44-AZ.
But it seems there is a logistic problem, because the 2-5-2
reference on the card seems correct, that is 70-29693-05 which is
normally a real EBM44-AZ and not an EBM44-AA.
Is there a visual way to differentiate EBM44-AA from EBM44-AZ ??
Gilles
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| 196.5 | The firmware change is possible and not difficult! | ZUR01::MISCHLER | Christian Mischler - Switzerland 760-2706 | Thu Apr 03 1997 09:49 | 18 |
| Hello,
I had to install a DMCC loan system under OpenVMS for a customer.
The system came with the AlphaBIOS firmware loaded, so I had
to change it...
Get a Firmware Version 3.8 CD somewhere (included with Digital Unix
and OpenVMS Kits). Put it into your PC. Open the directory called
DMCC21064A (Unless you have a 21164A?). Copy the file called
Lgk2ab.rom to a floppy. Put the floppy into your DMCC system.
Select Upgrade Firmware from the AlphaBIOS Menus...
Before I did that I upgraded my DMCC to the AlphaBIOS Version
on the Firmware CD V3.8. It may be necessary to have this
Version loaded to be able to follow the steps described above.
Regards,
Chris
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| 196.6 | The .rom file is an AlphaBIOS image | afirm1.ayo.dec.com::Gordon | Gordon McNab | Thu Apr 03 1997 10:34 | 12 |
| > Get a Firmware Version 3.8 CD somewhere (included with Digital Unix
> and OpenVMS Kits). Put it into your PC. Open the directory called
> DMCC21064A (Unless you have a 21164A?). Copy the file called
> Lgk2ab.rom to a floppy. Put the floppy into your DMCC system.
> Select Upgrade Firmware from the AlphaBIOS Menus...
Yes, and this will overwrite your existing AlphaBIOS firmware with another
version of AlphaBIOS firmware.
Gordon
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| 196.7 | your right but.... | ZUR01::MISCHLER | Christian Mischler - Switzerland 760-2706 | Thu Apr 03 1997 13:54 | 37 |
| Hi,
.-1 is absolutely right.
But since I allready did it and I'm not a complete idiot there
must be a way to do it....
You said the .rom image is not the right one. Did you test
the others and don't want to tell us???
OK
I just got a DMCC with a 21064A (the system arrived after I
wrote the last entry) which I should install with OpenVMS.
Like our friend from France I "had" the problem that
AlphaBios was loaded and not SRM.
I tested the .rom image and you are right.
CHANGE TO .-2:
copy the file called fwupdate.exe to a floppy.
insert the floppy into your DMCC
Select upgrade AlphaBios (I know it's called AlphaBios) from the menu.
Now you will see some activity on your floppy. No status is presented
on the screen. After one minute the APU utility is loaded:
apu> update srm
...
Power Cycle and you have your SRM
I still first would upgrade your AlphaBios. In my case it allready was
at the new revision.
What I described worked HERE and TODAY!
Regards,
Chris
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| 196.8 | Problem is solved | PRSSOS::POTARD | Francois Potard, FAE OBS-France, 858 1326 | Fri Apr 04 1997 17:54 | 16 |
| Bonjour,
This problem is now solved.
The customer has a Digital CSS Industrial System. This configuration
includes an ICS 8 slots rack mount enclosure with the ATACAMA backplane, K2 266MHz SBC, 2GB disk and 128 MB of memory.
I brought on site a 1.4 MB Floppy Disk Drive with a Floppy disk containing
the firmware file from CD-ROM 3.8 "FWUPDATE.EXE", because no FDD installed
on configuration.
From the AlphaBIOS we ran the "APU>" utility and have reload the SRM
firmware. Then the system was running successfully Digital UNIX.
Regards
/Fran�ois
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