Thanks to Anthony Patchett, I have progressed a little further it seems
that following the firmware update the console comes up in serial mode.
I have attached my PC to the serial port and using hyperterminal I get
the following garbled messages which I have tidied up.
AlphaBIOS 5.66
Invalid NVRAM Data
The firmware has determined that the NVRAM data is invalid may cause
incorrect
booting installation of WindowsNT.
The firmware will attempt to restore the factory default values.
ENTER=Continue
AlphaBIOS 5.66 <Disabled>
<Disabled> <Disabled> <Disabled> <Disabled>
<Disabled> <Disabled>
<Disabled>
<Disabled> <Disabled> <Disabled> <Disabled>
F2=Setup PAUSE=Pause Display ESC=Bypass Network Init
AlphaBIOS 5.66 Updating...
Saving Environment.
Please wait...
Error NVRAM update failed!
Your changes may not have been saved.
Error info: Device error
ENTER=Continue
Updating... Saving environment.
Please wait...
<Disabled> <Disabled>
AlphaBIOS 5.66 <Disabled>
<Disabled> <Disabl10;29Hd> <Disabled>
<Disabled>
F2=Setup PAUSE=Pause Display ESC=Bypass Network Init
AlphaBIOS 5.66
F2=Setup PAUSE=Pause Display ESC=Bypass Network Init
Alpha Processor and System Information:
System: Digital AlphaStation 255
Processor: Digital Alpha 21064 298 MHz
Memory: 192 MB
AlphaBIOS 5.66 Memory Test: 192 MB
Testing Memory......
SPACE=Abort
AlphaBIOS 5.66
F2=Setup PAUSE=Pause Display ESC=Bypass
Controller Initialization...
Initializing NCRC8xx...
Initializing SWXCR..
Network Initialization...
Initializing DC21X41 Adapters...
NETWORK HARDWARE HOST SERVER <Disabled>
These messages are not neccessarily in this order, question does anybody
know the correct terminal settings to display the ARC console messages
correctly?
How can I change the console back to the graphics screen in ARC mode?
Below is the messages as diplayed on the screen.
M12;58H 13;8H to13;12Hfactory13;20Hdefault13;28Hvalues.13;58H 14;8H
14;13H
14;58H
15;8H 16;
8H ENTER=Continue 21;3H
0m1m1;3H
AlphaBIOS 5.66 5;8HI Controller
Initializatio
n... 6;8H
7;8Hitializing7;19HNCRC8xx7;27H#07;30H...7;58H 8;8H Device: Disk8;22H
8;26H S
CSI ID:8;37H3 8;42HDEC8;46H RZ28D 8;58H 9;8H Dev9;13Hce: CD-ROM
9;26H SCS
I ID: 4 DEC9;46H RRD45 9;58H(10;8H Device: Tape10;22H 10;25H
SCSI10;33H
ID:10;37H510;42HHP10;50HC1537A10;58H 11;8H 11;58H 12;8Hitializ12;16Hng
SWXCR #01
2;28H... 12;36H 12;39H 12;47H 12;51H 12;58H 13;8H
13;12H
13;20H 13;28H 13;58H 14;8Hwork14;13HInitialization...14;58H
15;8H
16;8Hitializing DC21X4
Adapters
... 21;3H F2=Setup PAUSE=Pause Display
ESC=Bypass Networ
k Init 0m1m1;3H AlphaBIOS
5.66
9;20H Updating...
10;20H
11;20H
Saving11;28Henvironment.11;41HPlease11;4
8Hwait...11;59H 12;20H 12;25H 12;28H 12;59H 13;20H 13;59H 14;20H
21;3H
0m1m8;8H Error
9;8H 10;8H
NVRAM updat
e failed! Your changes may not have 11;8H been11;14Hsaved.
11;28H
11;41H 11;48H 11;58H 12;8H Error
info:12;22HDevice12;29Herror12
;58H 13;8H 14;8H
ENTER=Continue
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Regards, Paul Watson MSc(M:MT)(Open) - CAD Systems Supervisor,
Cooper Energy Services, Bootle, Liverpool, UK.
http://www.cooperenergy.com - Internet
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Received on Mon Feb 01 1999 - 15:15:54 NZDT