[rescue] Getting SRM for Alphastation?

[Mike Johnson]

Linc Fessenden [linc at thelinuxlink.net] wrote:
 
> Well, You can supposedly get the required software from 
> ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/alpha200/
> I am assuming you'll want the as200 v7.0 sys file..  Then drill a 
> directory back and grab the mkboot utility to turn that sys file into a
> bootable disk?

I hadn't found mkboot.exe.  Thanks for pointing that out.  The
instructions said all I needed to do was copy the exe from the update to
a DOS formatted floppy.  That hasn't worked for me yet.

After an hour fooling around with mkboot.exe (and wondering why it kept
telling me 'can't find file'), I managed to find out that I had to
rename the .exe version of the flash upgrade to fwupdate.exe (or
something similar) before mkboot.exe would recognize it.  *sigh*

Of course, it's still not working, but I'll fight with it some more.
Tomorrow.

Thanks for all the help!

Mike
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