SUMMARY: RAID Firmware too big for diskette

From: Bill Sadvary <sadvary_at_dickinson.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:10:22 -0400 (EDT)

[My apologies for the duplicate summary. I noticed in the first one I
failed to put "SUMMARY" on the subject line. Reposting for archive
purposes.]

Thanks for the replies. Original post follows at the end.

I'll try Thomas Strandenae's suggestion of not copying the serial terminal
files since I'll be using the GUI interface.

Looking back at the RelNotes, it mentions nothing about an Extra High
Density disk. 8-(

-Bill Sadvary


From: Bryan Bahnmiller <bbahnmil_at_redwood.dn.hac.com>
> (Very tongue in cheek.) Since you have a 2100 of some type, with its
> RX26 disk drive, you obviously have a large stock of 3 1/2" ED
> floppies - yes, that's Extra Density floppies, 2.88 MB. (I don't have
> any either.)

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From: Brenden Phillips <B.C.Phillips_at_massey.ac.nz>
> Went past our 2100 and looked at the floopy. Its 2.88MB, so you could
> mount, format and write the data at 2.88MB, which will fit
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From: "[iso-8859-1] Thomas Strandenæs" <thomas.strandenaes_at_adm.uit.no>
> Bill,
> remove 'Ra200srl.exe' if you don't need to run the RAID controller
> software from a serial terminal. Same goes for the 'srlmgr.exe'
> software. Just had this problem with v5.2 - really annoying. Also, there
> was a mismatch between the firmware version number in the installation
> text and the version in the directory - I solved that by using the files
> from version 5.0 which I had on a floppy.
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From: Mitch Bertone <mbertone_at_gtech.com>
> If my memory is correct you only need the Jenson dir IF you are
> installing on a DEC 2000 or a DECpc AXP150. if not you can eliminate it.
> If you are on either of those systems only put the Jenson dir on the
> floppy.
Original Post
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In the _AlphaServer_2x00,2x00A_Loadable_Firmware_Update_Utility_UserGuide_
and_RelNotes it says you can create a firmware floppy from the AS Firmware
Update v5.0 CD (where I obtained the above RelNotes) BUT, the directory
contents won't fit onto one floppy!
More specifically, it says to copy the entire contents of
\utility\swxcrmgr from the CD, that which contains files (1.45MB) for both
PCI and EISA RAID controllers and it also contains a folder titled
"Jensen" (814KB) which has some files as well.
Could someone tell me which files I don't need to copy since I only need
the PCI controller files and not the EISA stuff.
If I could delete a few of the bigger files that would be cool.
Ra200rcu.exe	503KB
Ra200srl.exe	509KB
And in the Jensen folder...
Srlmgr.exe	408KB
Swxcrmgr.exe	407KB
If you need a full list of the files, let me know.  
Thanks,
-Bill Sadvary
 Dickinson College
 Carlisle, PA

Received on Wed Jul 22 1998 - 18:11:44 NZST