From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat May 22 3:48: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mta3.mail.telepac.pt (mail7.telepac.pt [194.65.3.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC30F14E7F for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 03:47:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpedras@mail.telepac.pt) Received: from manecao.tafkap.priv ([194.65.203.13]) by mta3.mail.telepac.pt (InterMail v03.02.07 118-124-101) with ESMTP id <19990522104803.MLE14084@manecao.tafkap.priv>; Sat, 22 May 1999 11:48:03 +0100 Content-Length: 2318 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199905212134.OAA23289@elbe.ghs.com> Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 11:47:12 +0100 (BST) From: Joao Pedras To: Ross Harvey Subject: Re: installing on alpha (DEC 3000-300LX) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, port-alpha@netbsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello Ross, And thanks for your reply. We have done just that. The machine is running NetBSD-1.4 at almost a week now, without any problem. We used cdhdtape, following instructions from a README in the directory you find cdhd.. in netbsd's ftp. We dd' it in the DEC OSF/1 that was installed. That idea was really good, especially for these old systems. And yes, the tape is a DAT. It also has a CD, but we didn't use, because it sometimes "doesn't like" burned cd's : ( We did a ftp installation and all ran swell. Just a shame the GENERIC kernel doesn't bring the NEW_SCC_DRIVER. We had to plugin a serial terminal (glad we had those available), to the installation process. When a specific kernel was compiled to that machine, we included the NEWSCC option and the machine is currently using it's console (graphics card + keyb + mouse). No X thought. Any news about this ? About netbooting SRM, seems that those older firmware versions are indeed more adequate for that kind of install, than new ones. Seems that newer versions are crippled. The SRM was updated anyway to a version from Oct 97, I believe. We did that before we knew about that. Regards, Joao On 21-May-99 Ross Harvey wrote: > > Since you don't have a floppy, you need to install via netboot or CD. As > your machine has "old SRM", which usually does not netboot well, the CD is > probably the way to go. Linux (sorry for saying it out loud :-) doesn't > run on that either, so your choices are narrowed down to NetBSD and exactly > > (1) write the NetBSD 1.4 `cdhdtape' image to a CD, boot that, and > ftp or nfs down the installation sets, > - OR - > (2) buy the bootable NetBSD/alpha 1.4 CD from Bob Nestor's non-profit > CD-burning operation. I think they cost $5. > > (The NetBSD web pages have pointers to all this stuff.) > > BTW, you said it had a tape drive, I presume it's a DAT? > > Ross.Harvey@Computer.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sent on 22-May-99 at 11:34:42 Powered by FreeBSD -> http://www.freebsd.org <- "The Power to Serve" PGP key available upon request or may be cut at http://members.tripod.com/fbsd/pgpkey.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You too can wear a nose mitten. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message