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Re: Need terminology explained.

Subject: Re: Need terminology explained.
From: Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Date: Wed Apr 5 04:16:12 2000


There's some info in the Alpha Howto, FAQ etc....
http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/alpha-howto.html
http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ.html

As for getting your firmware rev, you didn't mention if it was ARC Bios or
SRM console. In srm try a 'show version', can't remember for ARC, I think
it's printed at the top of the screen??

--rdp

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Gregory Gee wrote:

>
> Now that I have a running system, I need to find a place that will explain
> some of the terms I have been hearing on this list, like:
>
> AXP
> Jensen
> UDB
> EV56
> pc164
> and so on.
>
> I see explanations in the how-to's but I'm not sure how to relate them to my system.
> I have an AS400 4/166. Are there other terms that this is refered by?
>
> I was also wondering about my version of firmware. How do I find what version
> I have? What is the latest version? Should I upgrade to it? how do I upgrade?
> These don't seem to be mentioned in the how-to's.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg.
>
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