Many thanks to the following who responded namely:
Steve Hancock <hancock_at_alf.dec.com>
Toomas Toomsalu <t.toomsalu_at_pro-eco.com>
Bob Fedick <BOB.FEDICK_at_SMED.COM>
Richard Jackson Jr <rjackson_at_portal.gmu.edu>
My question below:
>I want to upgrade my current firmware version (v1.3) to 2.8 for an
>Alpha 2000/300 system, *YET* not upgrading my Operating system version
>(2.0b) for the meantime. Would upgrading the firmware version have any
>effect on the current Operating System version or its performance?
I have received several responses and it seems that there are two points
that are somewhat evident, namely:
Theoretically,
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Firmware is designed to be upward compatible with your operating
system version. So if your minimum firmware version for Digital Unix
version x is y, then anything greater than y is fine for that OS version.
However upon application,
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It seemed that most of the users expressed problems upon Firmware
upgrade (without OS upgrade) namely:
a.) The system is unable to run X-Windows (Xconsole).
b.) One respondent has experienced a firmware update that did not
work with the old OS and prevented a system boot on one of our
2100's. More specifically when one upgraded from 3.5 to 3.6
firmware and had OSF/1 2.1.
So much for the Firmware and Operating System combination mumbo jumbo..
Bonn
:)
Received on Wed Jul 24 1996 - 11:24:01 NZST