RE: [suse-axp] Help with boot problems installing a G200 in miata (dpw 433a)

From: Wood, Justin (jwood@mhs52.tns.co.za)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2000 - 06:04:02 PST

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From: "Wood, Justin" <jwood@mhs52.tns.co.za>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:04:02 +0200 
Subject: RE: [suse-axp] Help with boot problems installing a G200 in miata (dpw 433a)

    Amanda

    I recall seeing a message a while back that the bios does not like cards on
    the PCI ISA bridge. I'm just presuming that on the miata this is the case.
    Try putting the card in the top slot.

    Justin

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Amanda Hall [mailto:rob.rowe@worldnet.att.net]
    Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 5:11 PM
    To: suse-axp@suse.com
    Subject: [suse-axp] Help with boot problems installing a G200 in miata
    (dpw 433a)

    Hi All,

    I have just completed installing SuSe 6.3 in a dpw 433a (without the
    on-board SCSI. Classis ?). Anyway the system is configured as follows:

    128 M RAM
    2 x 2GByte SCSI drives
    Adaptec 2940 UW controller
    433 MHz 21164A Alpha
    A Powerstorm graphics card (Impressive number of heat sinks)
    AlphaBIOS 5.7

    I had a few problems with the installation due to the SuSe Miata Milo not
    seeing the CD-ROM, and the SRM not seeing the Adaptec. However with
    suitable messing around these were overcome.

    It would appear that the powerstorm cards are not supported under linux (At
    least if they are no one's admitting it). OK I need graphics card. Having
    browsed around the mailing lists, it appeared that others were using a
    Matrox G200 PCI card with some success, and the G200 was also sold with pdw
    systems at one point. Encourage by this I purchased one from Matrox(Matrox
    Millenium with 8MB SDRAM).

    I removed the powerstorm card and slotted the Matrox into one of the bottom
    64 bit PCI slots and powered up. The system goes into BIOS emulation and
    complains of an unsupported PCI configuration. If I boot up under SRM, the
    screen goes a pleasant light green color, and the machine hangs. Under
    AlphaBIOS, with the card in, there is no apparent way to get the machine to
    BOOT.

    Anyway the questions, if anyone may know the answer, are as follows:

    a) Is there anyway to get beyond the AlphaBios with this card on this
    machine ?
    b) If the answer above is no, does anyone know of a card that can get beyond
    the AlphaBIOS.

    If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks. 

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