Hmm. My impression is that Alpha systems were built much more as
complete systems (as were Vaxen) than as the grab-bag of components
that PCs tend be. I did a little work at getting the 83815 and 82557
ether drivers to run before my Alpha died, and eventually I realised
that SRM probably wouldn't be able to tftp boot through them.
I'd start by replacing the 82559 with a 2114x. Mine is a DE-500 but
you might be able to find Netgear FA310s (not 311s), which should work
too.
What's in your /alpha/conf file? Mine was:
bootfile=/alpha/9apccpu
ether0=type=2114x 100BASE-TXFD
scsi0=type=ata
What's your /lib/ndb entry for the alpha? Mine was:
ip=216.240.55.174 sys=alpha sys=α dom=alpha.collyer.net
ether=0000f81fb442 # de-500ba (21143); original ether card
bootf=/alpha/bootalphapc
It might be revealing to install and boot a BSD or Linux and see if it
runs correctly.
