From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 17 15:38: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from demon.net (sos.support.demon.net [194.217.150.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA66414EF2 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:38:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from afc@demon.net) Received: from pc173.southend.demon.net ([194.217.151.173]) by sos.support.demon.net id aa26696; 17 Aug 99 23:36 BST Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:37:12 +0100 To: "David E. Cross" Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: Alex Collins Subject: Re: netboot on a multia system References: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 U Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>, David E. Cross writes >I picked up one of those "free" multia systems. I am having >some difficulty in getting it to netboot. The problem that I have is >that it tftp's the boot file, prints some stuff on the screen, and then >almost immediately reboots. the Ethernet adapter in the machine is >referred to as "ewa0" any ideas? > Hi there. The Mulita won't Network Boot. - The console is " Broke " and to my knowledge there is no fix available. You will need to find a floppy drive from an old Laptop machine, or it is possible to boot from ARC into the CD-ROM. I have never tried this from SRM. From ARC - Select " run a program " You could also install NT onto a minimal partition, and create a ~ 5 MB FAT partition and then DD the floppy images to there. I strongly recommend upgrading the SRM console. the updates can be found at ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/interim/udb/ Good Luck - they are nice machines to work on. My web page ramblings http://www.par64.com/multia/ may also be of use. Good luck - the Multias are surprisingly good at some things, but very slow at others. -- Alex Collins "Do I have to Register Firm Ware!" Dean Rolfe 24-07-99 Demon Internet afc@demon.net helpdesk@demon.net www.demon.net Frontline Support 0845 2722 444 Fax 0181 371 1168 Sales 0845 2722 666 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message