[rescue] Getting SRM for Alphastation?

[Mike Nicewonger]

on 7/20/02 11:04 PM, Mike Johnson at mike at enoch.org wrote:

> Mike Nicewonger [twmaster at twmaster.com] wrote:
> 
>> The PROMs in the AS200 do not have enough space to hold both the ARC and SRM
>> images, so you will need to get the most recent copy of the firmware and
>> install SRM
> 
> Crap.
> 
> I forgot to mention that part.  I went to:
> http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/astn200.html
> and followed the instructions for the floppy disk update for ARC.  I
> created a floppy with that update on it, named it fwupdate.exe, then
> went into the ARC menus to find 'Update BIOS'.  When I did that, it hits
> the floppy drive, reads for a minute or so, then just hangs.  I get
> nothing but a blue screen.
> 
> Hrm, maybe the floppy drive has gone bad.  These things use peecee
> floppy drives, right?
> 
yea feces drives :) It sounds like you have a bad floppy. Oh, I almost
forgot. I think you have to have a tube and keyboard connected to do the
upgrade

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Mike N