Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 10:17:28 -0700 From: Eugene Aleynikov <eugene@lioninc.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <374ADB28.5FF57DF0@lioninc.com> References: <3749ECA0.3CF0ABD3@lioninc.com> <47943.927611788@verdi.nethelp.no>
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sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > I'm very disappointed that i cant install FreeBSD on my Alpha Station > > 200 > > I can succesfully install openbsd and linux but freebsd disklabel says: > > da0: rejecting BSD label: raw partition offset != slice offset > > da0: start 0, end 4178873, size 4178873 > > da0c: start 2046000, end 2045999, size 0 > > > > I cant mount fixit floppy because i dont have 2.8Mb floppy drive. > > (i was booting boot and mfsroot floppies). > > > > I dont have emergency shell ot vty4. > > I don't know if this will help you - but I was able to install completely > from the network on a floppy-less Alphastation 200 here. Needed to get > the kernel out of the boot floppy image via vnconfig, and then use the > netboot image (from boot/netboot) with bootp and tftp to get started. I > installed 4.0-19990413-CURRENT version from one of the FTP servers. It > helped a lot to use tcpdump (on another host) to see what the Alpha was > requesting. > > However, emergency shell didn't work for me either. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no I think that it's not gonna change alot. It doesnt matter how i boot floppy image - through floppy or through net - i can get sysinstall menus. The problem is - sysinstall does something freaking with da0c device. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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