From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 17 14:21:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AB4B37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:21:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from terrasat.ro (lc0.terrasat.ro [81.18.64.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A44C43E75 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:21:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cremenescu@terrasat.ro) Received: from laptop (unverified [81.18.69.88]) by terrasat.ro (Vircom SMTPRS 4.3.182) with SMTP id ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:21:53 +0300 Message-ID: <011101c27623$24caab30$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> From: "Razvan Cremenescu" To: "Wilko Bulte" Cc: References: <00a301c2761d$92a2ff00$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> <20021017225445.A40975@freebie.xs4all.nl> <00b601c27621$d117c730$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> <20021017231521.A41097@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: alpha station xp900 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:21:22 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Disposition-Notification-To: "Razvan Cremenescu" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG when do i type those commands? i am not at familiar with alpha systems. sorry. i worked only with i386 so far. this is my first alpha experience. (and i am supposed to do it right from the beginning) PS . when i boot the computer it gives an error like message "cannot find DQxxx -something- file for boot" what does it mean? after that it passes on and boot the True 64 UNIX it has installed. i want to remove that system and put freeBSD. thank you. Razvan Cremenescu, ================================= System Administrator, Network Operations Center Pitesti e-mail: cremenescu@terrasat.ro ================================= Terra Sat Comp Str. Bibescu Voda, bl. A, sc. B Pitesti, Romania Telefon: +40-248-250015 int. 25 +40-248-251112 int. 25 Mobile: +40-722-685805 ================================= Terra Sat Comp Resita 1700 CS, Romania http://www.terrasat.ro noc@terrasat.ro Telefon: +40-255-220012 +40-255-220013 Fax: +40-255-220117 ================================= It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. It takes an 800Mhz P3 to run Windows XP. Something is wrong here. ================================= If somethings goes wrong then it is a PEBCAK situation. (PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard) ================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilko Bulte" To: "Razvan Cremenescu" Cc: Sent: Friday, 18 October, 2002 00:15 Subject: Re: alpha station xp900 On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:11:52AM +0300, Razvan Cremenescu wrote: > yes i am aware of that. :) > i noticed i cannot select the boot device on the alpha station. What does SHOW DEVICES tell you? BOOT DQA0 for an IDE CD drive or BOOT DKA400 (or similar) for a SCSI CD should do it. > > i MUST do before i begin installing. > > can you give me some hints? (or documentation) > i could use a list of "what to do (if)". > > thank you > > > Razvan Cremenescu, > -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message