Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 07:39:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot from floppy? Message-ID: <20001116073946.C319@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001116091318.jdp@polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:13:18AM -0800 References: <XFMail.001116091318.jdp@polstra.com>
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:13:18AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > OK, it's a lame question, but I can't remember any more how to boot > from a floppy on the Alpha. What is the device name? "Show device" > lists the 2 SCSI hard drives, the SCSI CD-ROM, an Ethernet card, the > SCSI controller, and "dva0" which I don't recognize. I tried "boot dva0 is the floppy > dva0", but that just timed out. The SRM "documentation" is as usual > nearly worthless. boot dva0 should do it yes. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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