Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:49:56 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <14402.48231.498211.893639@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <199911291748.JAA00432@mass.cdrom.com> References: <14402.36967.161979.501638@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <199911291748.JAA00432@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith writes: > > > > Mike Smith writes: > > > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > > > Can't open file /boot/loader > > > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > > > > > Your installation did not complete correctly. Try again. > > > > > > > So, how should i get the freebsd running? > > > > > > Install it correctly. It's not really very hard. If you go to the > > > questions list, and promise to give them more information than you've > > > given us, you should get the sort of help you need. > > > > This sounds a lot like what Juan E. Navarro was complaining about with > > a -current install onto an xp1000. I think that sysinstall might be > > hosed for alpha. Either that, or it is far too easy to make a mistake > > & inadvertantly end up with a system which will not boot. > > Not as far as I can tell; at least, the install I did last week (network > install from ftp.cdrom.com onto a DS20) completed just fine. It even > does DHCP correctly. YES! I've been waiting for somebody to say that. I'm very, very happy that the ds20 code is working. > > Do any of the Q/A people have alphas? > > I have a couple now; I'll be relegating the noname to continual install > testing now. I've looked at Juan's report, but so far I don't have any > concrete ideas, sorry. Darn. It seemed like to much of a coincidence to ignore.. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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