Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:01:50 -0700 From: "Chris Csanady" <cc@tarsier.ca.sandia.gov> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Question. Message-ID: <199807160001.RAA28686@tarsier.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:54:46 %2B1000." <199807152154.HAA14911@cimlogic.com.au>
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>Chris Coleman wrote: >> I am installing NetBSD 1.3 on my alphaPc. It currently has NT on it. The >> big problem is that it won't boot from the floppy. The boot loader >> doesn't seem to allow it. I am sorry if this is too basic for this list, >> but how do I tell it to boot from the netbsd boot floppy. It appears to >> be looking for a FAT formatted partition and the floppy isn't > >You need to install the SRM console instead of ARC which NT uses. >If there is an SRM console available for your machine, it will be available >from Digital's web site. if you have trouble navigating their terrible web sight, look at: ftp.digital.com:/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.2/alphapc164* chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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