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Date:      Thu,  8 Apr 1999 10:53:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Christoffer Walther <cwalther@proventum.net>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "MILO" for fbsd?
Message-ID:  <14092.49573.630088.208044@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <370CC270.AB276FE2@proventum.net>
References:  <370CC270.AB276FE2@proventum.net>

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Christoffer Walther writes:
 > 
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I'm wondering how to boot into fbsd on an Alpha XL 266, without the SRM
 > console .. Is their a fbsd program like the
 > Linux linload.exe which loads MILO which then can load the kernel?

Right now, your only option is SRM (and that's not an option for
you..)  There were people working on booting FreeBSD from the
AlphaBios, but I believe the project is stalled, possibly due to a
lack of documentation.

Sorry..

Drew

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