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Date:      Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:10:51 -0500
From:      "bob@Moronco.net" <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net>
To:        "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Wit's end (AS250 installation issues)
Message-ID:  <3C66EFEB.7E8545CE@bellatlantic.net>
References:  <20010614203233.Y33392-100000@ashburn.skiltech.com>

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Wade,
going thru the archives, I am looking for info on installing on 250s.
I have two that work fine that I want to put 4.4 on.  My question is 
what terminal did you use for the install?
I get thru the installation boot up and to the point of selecting 
a terminal.  I get the choice menu, and am unable to input a character
using the standard keyboard, mouse, and video.  What did you use
as a terminal for the install?
ANy hints?

thanks
bob

"H. Wade Minter" wrote:
> 
> I'm stuck on a problem, and hopefully some of the more-experienced Alpha
> folk here can help.
> 
> I've come into an AlphaStation 250 4/266, and would like to run FreeBSD on
> it.  It's got two SCSI disks in it, that show up as DKA0 and DKA300 in the
> SRM BIOS, and a CD at DKA400.
> 
> With the 4.3-RELEASE Alpha ISO image, I can "boot DKA400" and get into the
> installer.  The install goes great, I make my filesystem on the DKA300
> disk, and install away.  After the installer is finished, the system halts
> back to the >>> prompt.  Here's where it gets frustrating.
> 
> When I do "boot DKA300" from the SRM BIOS, it finds a valid boot block,
> loads it, tries to load /boot/loader, and then dies with a "can't find
> /boot/loader" error.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Wade
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