OK, so the list serv protected me from myself. Here's the replies I got
back on the issue...
Dan 'contributing a little to the clutter that is the Internet' Monjar
--On Monday, December 17, 2001 4:41 PM +0000 "Fletcher, Joe"
<joe.fletcher_at_Metapack.com> wrote:
>
> Get the firmware update from the service web site and uild the bootable
> diskette. When you run the update you get the options to load SRM, ARC or
> both. Pick the SRM option only and exit once it's complete.
>
> Should do the job.
>
> Err, wait a minute.. you are going to boot into ARC aren't you. It's been
> a long time but somewhere in the ARC menus is an option to load new
> firmware. Insert the firmware update diskette and pick that option. As I
> recall you can just follow the prompts and it should then boot you into
> the update program at which point you load SRM.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Joe.
--On Monday, December 17, 2001 9:43 AM -0700 "Vlack, Jay"
<Jay.Vlack_at_COMPAQ.com> wrote:
> Get the latest copy of the Alpha Systems Firmware Update CD (v6.0) and
> insert it in the CD-ROM drive of your AS255. Boot from this CD. When the
> menu comes up, select the option to update the SRM firmware. When it's
> done updating the SRM you need to power cycle the system. When you power
> it back up you will be running SRM console now (instead of ARC).
>
> Jay Vlack
> Technical Account Manager
> Compaq Services Tru64 UNIX Support
> jay.vlack_at_compaq.com
>
--On Monday, December 17, 2001 10:05 AM -0700 Trevor Osatchuk
<Trevor.Osatchuk_at_pscl.com> wrote:
> Just update the firmware and makes sure that you choose UPDATE SRM and not
> ARC. I have one of those too and the instructions that come with the
> upgrade are pretty explicit. Go here:
>
> http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/astn255.html
>
> Actually, near the bottom look for "Floppy Disk Update - Tru46 UNIX", that
> should have all of the information you need.
>
> If you don't have a tru64 machine, let me know and I will make an image
> for you and then show you how you can make the floppy with a Windows
> machine.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Trevor Osatchuk
--
Daniel Monjar
IS Manager, Technical Services
bioMérieux, Inc.
Durham, NC US
Received on Mon Dec 17 2001 - 17:39:56 NZDT