Alpha PWS500a
Alpha Personal Workstation 500a
Digital Personal Workstation (Wikipedia)
Software
Debian
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.10 _Lenny_ - Official alpha DVD Binary-1 20120310-15:37]/ lenny contrib main # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib # Security: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free # Volatile: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free # Backports: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free
Hardware
sirin:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : Alpha cpu model : EV56 cpu variation : 7 cpu revision : 0 cpu serial number : system type : Miata system variation : 0 system revision : 0 system serial number : ERSKINE cycle frequency [Hz] : 499893826 est. timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00 page size [bytes] : 8192 phys. address bits : 40 max. addr. space # : 127 BogoMIPS : 992.88 kernel unaligned acc : 3 (pc=fffffc00010e09a4,va=fffffc000f49a1ea) user unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) platform string : Digital Personal WorkStation 500au cpus detected : 1 L1 Icache : 8K, 1-way, 32b line L1 Dcache : 8K, 1-way, 32b line L2 cache : 96K, 3-way, 64b line L3 cache : n/a
Booting
For serial connection, connect to the Serial 1 with a null-modem cable. On your computer, use minicom with configuration 9600 8N1. Do not use gtkterm, it has problems with showing escape characters.
>>>boot dka0.0.0.1004.0 -fl console=/dev/ttyS0 aboot> b 2/vmlinuz ro initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0,9600
AlphaBIOS
AlphaBIOS is used to boot Win NT. Switch to SRM console in Setup (F2).
To do so, follow these steps Problem getting to SRM from AlphaBIOS 5.70:
-- in the Alphabios: - press F2 to enter setup - select CMOS setup - press F6 to enter advanced CMOS setup - tab to Console Selection - select Digital Unix Console (SRM) with the arrow keys - press F10 twice to exit to setup and save - press Enter to confirm - press the _Reset_ button (the small button next to the power button) on the front of the workstation
From http://www.decuslib.com/decus/vmslt01a/net/alphabios-key-equivs.txt
Here are the serial console terminal equivilents of the function keys
that are referenced by AlphaBIOS (or ARC) console:
F1 Ctrl/A
F2 Ctrl/B
F3 Ctrl/C
F4 Ctrl/D
F5 Ctrl/E
F6 Ctrl/F
F7 Ctrl/P
F8 Ctrl/R
F9 Ctrl/T
F10 Ctrl/U
Insert Ctrl/V
Delete Ctrl/W
Backspace Ctrl/H
Escape Ctrl/[
Return Ctrl/M
LineFeed Ctrl/J
(Plus) + upselect (some systems)
(Minus) - downselect (some systems)
TAB down arrow
SHIFT+TAB up arrow
To do the "Console selection" use 'ALT +' Instead of arrow keys it is possible to use 'TAB'
SRM console + Aboot
>>>show device