In answer to my question (attached below) received excellent one set of
suggestions. In then end, even GOLDEN EGGS was none too helpful and DEC
support ended up digging up the answer. In fact, AlphaServer 400s do
not support multi-headed configurations, but this was not too easy to
find out.
My thanks to Dr. Tom Blinn who made several good suggestions for how to
get it to work, although further research showed that it wasn't
possible. I've included some of his suggestions.
Harold
MCI WorldCom Systems Administrator
Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646 <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com> wrote:
[snip]
That might involve any number of considerations, depending on the
option, but it should be covered in the platform specific documentation
delivered with the graphics hardware.
Last but not least, it has to actually still work. Depending on the
specific hardware you're trying to use, it may not have been tested with
V4.0E in a multi-head configuration; if it requires Open3D software, for
example, and it happened to break between, say, V4.0D and V4.0 (and it
might have broken as there were significant compiler changes to support
the new EV6 processors in V4.0E), then it might not work at all.
Especially so in the install path; I
can imagine configurations that would work once you had installed
everything if you then added a second (or third) option card, but that
might fail during initial installation because the installation kernel
might simply not have the right support built in for multi-head
configurations with that option card.
[snip]
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Gabel
Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 2:21 PM
To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
Subject: Multiple video cards on an Alpha Server400
Hello folks.
I'm trying to install dual (and perhaps in the future, a third) video
cards in an Alpha Station 400, however when I run the 4.0E install, the
kernel panics before the CD finishes booting. I've tried several
different combinations of cards, but all seem to fail. Is there some
trick to this?
Thanks in advance,
Harold
MCI WorldCom Unix Systems Administrator
Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 14:04:19 NZST