[rescue] Getting SRM for Alphastation?

[Mike Nicewonger]

on 7/20/02 10:46 PM, Mike Johnson at mike at enoch.org wrote:

> I have an Alphastation 200 4/233 that has been running Linux for ages
> (somewhere around three to four years).  I've decided it's time to get
> rid of Linux and replace it with a BSD.  The problem I've run into is
> that none of them seem to work unless you have SRM.  Long ago, when I
> installed Linux on this thing for the first time, several of the
> instructions said I needed to upgrade from SRM to ARC.  Not knowing any
> different (this was my first alpha), I did as told and 'upgraded'.  It
> worked fine for Linux, so I thought nothing of it.  However, now I'm
> stuck.  I can't seem to get SRM back.  Everything I've read says to go
> through the menus to find 'Switch to OpenVMS or Digital UNIX console'
> and select 'Switch to OpenVMS' or 'Switch to Digital Unix' (depending on
> which directions I follow).  So, I do this, and reboot, but I'm still in
> ARC!  Arrgghh!  
> 
> Am I missing something obvious?  Is there another way to get SRM back?
> If it matters, it's 'Alpha Firmware Version 4.56'.
> 

The PROMs in the AS200 do not have enough space to hold both the ARC and SRM
images, so you will need to get the most recent copy of the firmware and
install SRM

Mike N