Everhart, Glenn From: Richard E. Robbins [rer@interaccess.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 6:43 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: AlphaStation 200 4/233 Firmware Update Problem The files you noted all seem to assume that I've got an SRM console. Am I missing something? How can I make any of them work from an ARC cosole? The system has a ZLXp-E2 graphics card. Is that part of the problem? What would happen if I removed the PCI graphics card entirely and attached a VT420 to a serial port? -- Rich Hoff Hoffman wrote in message news:7eah3k$9gq@usenet.pa.dec.com... > > In article <923147658.010.60@news.remarQ.com>, "Richard E. Robbins" writes: > :I just acquired an AlphaStation 200 4/233 that had originally been set up to > :run Windows NT. I want to turn the system into an OpenVMS system. > > What graphics controller is installed in the system? (Make sure it is > supported by OpenVMS.) > > Here are some directions for switching between ARC and SRM consoles: > > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkboot.txt > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkbootarc.txt > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkntboot.txt > > :The LEDs visible from the back of the machine are lit as follows: XXX0 0X0X > :(with X signifying lit). > > XXX0 0X0X indicates the console is initialized, and is the normal final > display if using the SRM console. (XXXX XXOO is final for the ARC...) > In other words, it looks like you've completed the upgrade, though the > system appears to be selecting the ARC console on powerup. > > For grins, see if you can get at the serial console port (via COM1). > > Note: On the AlphaStation 200, J2 1-to-2 invokes the failsafe loader, > while 2-to-3 requests the normal loader and is the default position. > > -------------------------- pure personal opinion --------------------------- > Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman OpenVMS Engineering hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com >