From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Aug 25 2:18:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles553.castles.com [208.214.165.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490FC157B9 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:18:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02344; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:08:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908250908.CAA02344@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: mikel@zso.dec.com (Mike Lempriere) Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha Install FAQ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:43:54 PDT." <9908242343.AA02619@slugbt.zso.dec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:08:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Sorry to be such a bonehead and ask such a dumb question, but I haven't > found info on Alpha install anywhere at freebsd.org. Could someone please > point me to relevant info? I may instead be able to scrounge an > AlphaStation 500 which does have SRM. But then what??? Thanks! The Alpha install is the same as the x86 install. - Make floppies. - Boot kern.flp. (*) - Insert mfsroot.flp when prompted. - Follow instructions on screen. - Be happy. (*) the magic incantation is "boot dva0". -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message