Thanks to Bob Adams and Kevin Partin to directing me to the
solution.
The question is attached in the end. Fortunately, the console
can be acquired by connecting a VT terminal to the COM1 port
on the back of the AS600. My console environment variable got
clobbered when upgrading the firmware and now I do not have
the correct variable in the AlphaBIOS screen. I was able to
get the console now.
I wish someone can tell me what the CONSOLEIN and CONSOLEOUT
variable needs to be setup as for an AS600 with the ZLXp-L2
grahics card.
Thanks again
Mohan
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Mohan wrote:
> Folks,
> I have a strange situation, I dual boot between
> NT and Digital Unix on an Alphastation 600. I know
> this may be not related to Digital Unix, but my
> last boot was to AlphaBios console and I upgraded
> the firmware from the AlphaBIOS console. Everything
> seemed to work OK (I DID upgrade both the ARC and SRM)
> and then it asked me to power cycle the machine.
>
> After that, I do not get the AlphaBIOS console at all????
> It is blank!!! No error codes even in the OCP window
> (the LED display). Strange thing is sine I have setup NT
> to autoboot after 30 seconds, it goes ahead and actually
> boots NT!!! and then I see the NT login dialog box. So the
> system is functional in the sense the graphics card is OK.
> But, I know longer am able to switch or do anything at the
> console as I do NOT get the blue screen at all!!
>
> Any advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Mohan
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 08 1999 - 16:03:21 NZDT