Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:27:01 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Marc Kaufman <marckauf@Adobe.COM> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2RC1 hosed on AS1200 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011151125340.96506-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20001115111706.00aee970@mailsj-v1.corp.adobe.com>
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Marc Kaufman wrote: > >> So, basically, a large number of alphas will not work in 4.X because of the > >> boot issues (which nobody really understands) and the hose stuff. Crap. > > >Yep. There are quite some 'red' machine types on www.freebsd.org/~wilko > > Should I wait around for 4.3 or just go get Linux, which does boot > on an AS1200? (I really have a preference for FreeBSD if there is > any hope) Well, no, once you get installed you *should* be fine :-). If you have the ability, on a separate system, to dd the boot.flp (kern.flp && mfsroot.flp in one 3MB image) onto the first sectors of the disk you'd install on the AS1200, you can try that as an install path. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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