Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:03:48 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au> To: craig-burgess@home.com (Craig Burgess) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaPC post-install BOOT - how? Message-ID: <199911140803.QAA12324@laurasia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <382E6A8D.AF266CE8@home.com> from Craig Burgess at "Nov 13, 99 11:53:49 pm"
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Hello Craig, > Well, installing onto the IDE drive ain't an option because although SRM > sees it, FreeBSD doesn't. > > Ooohhhhh this is sad: 500MHz machine w/ 256MB RAM ... When I got it (a > couple of days ago) I could boot ARC -> NT but the goal was FreeBSD... Is the box based on the AlphaPC 164SX Motherboard? If so, I've had better luck running Linux. I'm currently using Debian 2.1, which can boot (via MILO) from the ARC loader. Unfortunately, I have an Adaptec 2940 which SRM doesn't recognize -- but the ARC loader does. I'd love to run FreeBSD on the box, but it just isn't practical at this point in time. <PIPE-DREAM> In my wildest dreams, I'd try to convert the bottom of FreeBSD to using the ARC PAL-code. It is way out my depth, but I think it would enable more people with Alphas to use FreeBSD. </PIPE-DREAM> Regards, Mike Kennett (mike@laurasia.com.au) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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