Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:42:15 -0000 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: tcrimi+@andrew.cmu.edu, alpha@freebsd.org, paul@originative.co.uk Subject: RE: New bootblocks Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE5B@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Valentino Crimi [mailto:tcrimi+@andrew.cmu.edu] > Sent: 15 March 1999 15:27 > To: alpha@freebsd.org; paul@originative.co.uk > Subject: Re: New bootblocks > > > Excerpts from FreeBSD-Alpha: 15-Mar-99 New bootblocks by > paul@originative.co.uk > > halt code = 2 > > kernel stack not valid halt > > PC = 184ec > > > > > I had this same problem, too, making it worse was that I had played > around with my boot.conf and guess what, unload was halting (in the > older bootblocks, wasn't this recently fixed?) > > One good replacement to fixit disks I found was that the emergecy > shell, while lacking ls (use echo *) did have ifconfig, ppp and > mount_nfs if you happen to have a machine nearby to stick an > alpha dist > on for binaries. The way I got my machine to boot doens't seem like > more than luck (replaced bootblocks and booted of an old > kernel). Just > wanted to share the fixit trick for all who may come to need it. > Only problem there is that on the Multia there's no vga support so there's no emergency shell either :-( Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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