Well, the email filling my inbox generally fell into two categories -
Helpful suggestions to try; and chastising for even *daring* to try
something so unsupported as trying to run Tru64 on an AlphaPC 164SX...
And you know who you are!


	Anyway, the prize goes to Jay Leafey for his suggestion to

>>>set console graphics


	Gee, wouldn't it be nice if there were an installation troubleshooting
section in the documentation...


	Right now I'm looking at the GUI installation as I proceed...


	Jay wins the prize: A duck dinner at The Peabody Hotel!  :)


	[More below]


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Daniel,


    Just for giggles, get back to the console prompt (>>>) and 'show

console'.  If it's set to "serial" that could be your problem.  If it is
set

to 'serial' just do a 'set console graphics'.  We had this come up on 
an

Alphastation 255 that had a motherboard replacement and appeared to hang
the

same place yours did.  Hey, it's worth a look, anyway!


Jay

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Jay Leafey

Memphis, TN

Jay.Leafey@mindless.com


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	Now, on to the issue of Tru64 hardware support: You folks better get
used to these issues, as more and more AlphaNT owners - Who bought their
machines from DIGITAL and Compaq in good faith - were left out in the
cold back on August 18th and 24th.


	Messrs Pesatori and Capellas have written checks with their mouths in
that they are taking up to a quarter billion dollar charge against
earnings for the migration away from AlphaNT to NT/x86 (with ProLiant
server trade-ins), as well as one-for-one trade-ins of NT licenses for
either OpenVMS and/or Tru64 licenses.


	And now it's time to cash Messrs Capellas and Pesatori's checks... And I
have a sneaking suspicion that I'm just in the first wave... More are on
the way.


	Oh, and by the way, Tru64 is indeed supported on the 164SX: When I
received my Tru64 kit with 6 CD's, included was part number AI-ROUFK-BE
with CD part number AG-RCFBD-BS... And guess what? There are folders
called ALPHAPC164SX & ALPHAPC164LX. Gee, if 164SX & 164LX owners weren’t
supported, then why were these new SRM firmware images created for these
half-flash machines to replace AlphaBIOS?!