Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:42:17 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: norseman <norseman@firstlight.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot problems on Alpha 600 5/333 Message-ID: <20050617204217.GB36667@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <42B2CAF2.3041480@firstlight.net> References: <42B2CAF2.3041480@firstlight.net>
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:06:58PM +0000, norseman wrote.. > To whomever; > I was having another problem with FreeBSD (intel) and put the > following in too. Brooke suggests I try here. > > (Alpha specific section from another letter) > > > > That "different animal" is a DEC ALPHA 600 5/333. The downloaded image > > is for DEC ALPHA's. It's not accepting the CD which checks out OK as > > far as "it's all there" goes. The CD-BURN seems fine. All several of > > them. Push the button and the CD slides in and the DEC kicks it out. > > Won't even try to boot it. DEC was originally shipped with Win-NT 4.0 > > and has ARC, OpenVMS and DEC UNIX boot choices. Windows boots but the > > passwords are long since forgotten. Would like to try FreeBSD on it. > > The cryptic message on the screen mentions "RUN/STOP switch" but I can Thats ancient remains of the days that disks had RUN/STOP switches. Carryover from the DEC VAX days. Can you get me a SHOW CONF and a SHOW DEV from the >>> prompt? You could have an oldish CDROM drive that does not understand CDR / CDRW discs. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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