From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 00:15:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96C437B401 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:15:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from swissgeeks.com (adsl-212-101-16-119.solnet.ch [212.101.16.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5474A43F93 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:15:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pbrossin@swissgeeks.com) Received: (qmail 11660 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2003 07:15:43 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by server.swissgeeks.com (127.0.0.1) with ESMTP; 16 Jul 2003 07:15:43 -0000 Received: from 195.141.123.2 ( [195.141.123.2]) as user pbrossin@localhost by www.swissgeeks.com with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:15:43 +0200 Message-ID: <1058339743.3f14fb9f3f7ac@www.swissgeeks.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:15:43 +0200 From: Pierrick Brossin To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.0 X-Originating-IP: 195.141.123.2 X-Sent-Via: Mitel Networks SME Server Subject: Alpha and labels stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:15:47 -0000 Hi! I'm new to Alpha. I just received an EV56 (on PC164) with 256 Mb RAM. Since I was not able to find any SCSI card which work on the installed SRM (no update available) I decided to use an IDE HD and an IDE CD-ROM drive. I'm having problems with IDE2 (maybe it's just something like I have to enable it but I didn't go further into that) so I'm using IDE1. On Master I have a 3.4 Gb HD and on Slave I have the CD-ROM drive. When booting the system, I can see dqa0 and dqa1 through "show dev". So I downloaded FBSD 5.1-R, burnt it and booted it on my alpha (boot dqa1). The installation process starts successfully and I can see it detects both the HD and the CDROM (SCROLL-LOCK -> UP). So I choose to start the installation just like I did for many x86 machines but when I come to create the labels in the "FreeBSD Disklabel Editor" it says: "You can only do this in a master partition (see top of screen)" Quite the same thing if I push "A". Under x86 you have to fdisk to create a slice and then you can create the labels. Someone told me Alphas don't use slices. So I believe the guy (who is actually a kernel hacker hehe so Hi if you're on this list :D). The problem is that there's nothing at the top of the screen. I know I should see 3.4Gb but it's not there! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -- Pierrick Brossin IT Employee - Quark Media House Switzerland Mail: pbrossin_AT_swissgeeks(dot)com Web: http://www.swissgeeks.com