From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f7A9AaA06464 for linux-mips-outgoing; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 02:10:36 -0700 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de (postfix@dvmwest.gt.owl.de [62.52.24.140]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f7A9AZV06460 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 02:10:35 -0700 Received: by dvmwest.gt.owl.de (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3441DC4FE; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:10:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:10:33 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Problem with PMAD-AA / DECStation 5000/200 Message-ID: <20010810111033.B760@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com References: <20010809183552.B25724@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 11:00:40AM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.5 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2001-08-10 11:00:40 +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote in message : > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > > I'm not that sure. Does there always exist a "clean" PROM? For > > example, I'm searching for a tftp/bootp enabled PROM for a > > DEC 5000/240 (or was it /200?). Does anybody have sth like this? > > Look at 'http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/board-list.html'. They list MB > ROMs only, though. Note that certain options (FDDI controllers) have a > Flash ROM that is soldered to the PCB, so they can only be updated via > appropriate software. Or via a soldering iron:-) I don't fear using it, but currently I don't own an EPROM burner:-( MfG, JBG