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PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:57 pm    Post subject: Problem with SRM update on Alphastation255. Reply with quote

doesn work with "boot -arc DVA0"..

.. nether does "update"..

Cant get to ARCconsole using the ">>>arc" command..

Am I doing it wrong or is it time to use other means of firmware upgrade?.. I updated a newer system EB164 with no problem.. it did have AlphaBios befor the srm then. The As255 have an SRM-console..
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PostPosted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:22 am    Post subject: Re: Problem with SRM update on Alphastation255. Reply with quote

I did SRM update on my 164LX with these steps:

1.- SRM to AlphaBios
2.- AlphaBios to SRM new version.

I can not to upgrade SRM from SRM directly too.

[quote="el_beardo"]doesn work with "boot -arc DVA0"..

.. nether does "update"..

Cant get to ARCconsole using the ">>>arc" command..

Am I doing it wrong or is it time to use other means of firmware upgrade?.. I updated a newer system EB164 with no problem.. it did have AlphaBios befor the srm then. The As255 have an SRM-console..[/quote]
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

really late response to an old question , but....

The AlphaStation 255 was a "half flash" workstation. The eeproms only had enough space for either SRM or AlphaBios, not both simultaneously. That is why typing "arc" does nothing for you.

Everything you need to know should be found here - http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/astn255.html or the Release Notes there.
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