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Date:      Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:13:59 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        Oliver Lehmann <Kai_Allard_Liao@gmx.de>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.2 on AlphaPC 164LX
Message-ID:  <20010304001359.B14269@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <15009.29355.378253.970478@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 05:39:39PM -0500
References:  <13872.983652826@www13.gmx.net> <15009.29355.378253.970478@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 05:39:39PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> 
> Oliver Lehmann writes:
>  > >>>boot dva0
>  > (boot dva0.0.0.0.0 -flags 0)
>  > block 0 af dva0.0.0.0.0 is a valif boot block reading 15 blocks from
>  > dva0.0.0.0.0 bootstrap code read in base = 560000, image_start=0,
>  > image_bytes = 1e00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at
>  > ff56000 initializing machin state setting affinity to the primary VPU
>  > jumping to bootstrap code
>  > 
>  > And the System stops...
> 
> This is the classic symptom of having your console pointed at the
> wrong device.  FreeBSD is actually booting, but you can't see it,
> since you're not looking at the currently defined system console.  The
> SRM console gives you enough feedback through a non-console input
> device to lull you into thinking you have the console setting correct.
> 
> If you're using a serial console, make sure you're connected to COM1
> and you've told the srm console you're using a serial console via this
> command at the SRM  prompt:
> 
> >>> set console serial
> 
> If you're using a graphics console with keyboard and mouse, make sure
> you tell the SRM console to use it rather than the serial console via
> this command from the SRM  prompt:
> 
> >>> set console graphics
> 
> After issuing one of those commands, make sure you power-cycle the box
> or do a hard reset.  When the machine re-inits, you should notice the
> POST process is much more verbose.
> 
> This is a FAQ.  Too bad we don't have an FAQ to refer people to..

We do have HARDWARE.TXT. I'm not to sure if I list this for the LX, but it
is definetely mentioned for other alpha models.

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