From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jun 29 8:37:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from secure.smtp.email.msn.com (secure.smtp.email.msn.com [207.46.181.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74B214FA9 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:37:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from JHowie@msn.com) Received: from JHowie - 216.103.48.12 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:37:38 -0700 Message-ID: <005101bec246$64888380$fe01a8c0@pacbell.net> From: "John Howie" To: Subject: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:45:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM to v7 (from DEC's = Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using kern.flp and = mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I = cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It appears (if = I read the kernel startup configuration information correctly) that the = kernel is trying to use a serial console for the keyboard. I did (once) = receive an error about my PCXAL keyboard and scan code (0x83, I believe) = shortly after the menu was presented to me. The keyboard works fine in = the system boot menus, the boot process (I can interrupt the autoboot = and query the console value, which is set to prom) and when running = Windows NT. Trying to be smart, I hooked up a laptop running term emulation to the = serial port and while I was able to start the boot process from that, = once FreeBSD started it required me to use the console keyboard instead = (all output is sent to the console screen as well, and not to the serial = port). When I get back to the menu with the four console options the = keyboard is unresponsive and the term emulator does not appear to work. Help! john... ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Folks,
 
I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM = to v7=20 (from DEC's Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using = kern.flp and=20 mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I = cannot select=20 my console type (I am given four options). It appears (if I read the = kernel=20 startup configuration information correctly) that the kernel is trying = to use a=20 serial console for the keyboard. I did (once) receive an error = about my=20 PCXAL keyboard and scan code (0x83, I believe) shortly after the menu = was=20 presented to me. The keyboard works fine in the system boot menus, the = boot=20 process (I can interrupt the autoboot and query the console value, which = is set=20 to prom) and when running Windows NT.
 
Trying to be smart, I hooked up a laptop running = term=20 emulation to the serial port and while I was able to start the boot = process from=20 that, once FreeBSD started it required me to use the console keyboard = instead=20 (all output is sent to the console screen as well, and not to the serial = port).=20 When I get back to the menu with the four console options the keyboard = is=20 unresponsive and the term emulator does not appear to work.
 
Help!
 
john...
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