Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 18:44:49 +0200 From: webmaster@ah-network.de To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: alpha Message-ID: <000a01bdda7e$d684be00$7f00a8c0@FOETZSTATION>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDDA8F.9797FA20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable dear daemons!! a few weeks ago i bought an alpha 21164. after a litte bit of = researching i was able to "change" the bios into the srm console. but it did not work. everytime i booted with the 4.1 cd it stopped at = the "jumping to bootstrap", and the system does not react but i can see = the cube-like cursor at the left. i guess this is the point where = normally the installation should start. the same with netbsd. suse = 6.3+6.4 didn=B4t make any problems but i would much more like freebsd = running on my system. what can i do?? here=B4s the system: 21164/533mhz/2mb cache=20 lx164 256mb/ecc 15gb maxtor/ide lg 48x/ide floppy!! matrox 2mb/svga i got the srm update from ftp.digital.com and directly from api=B4s = homepage. my alpha-bios is 5.68-1 best regards g.fischer =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDDA8F.9797FA20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>dear daemons!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a few weeks ago i bought an alpha = 21164. after a=20 litte bit of researching i was able to "change" the bios into the srm=20 console.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>but it did not work. everytime i booted = with the=20 4.1 cd it stopped at the "jumping to bootstrap", and the system = does not=20 react but i can see the cube-like cursor at the left. i guess this is = the point=20 where normally the installation should start. the same with netbsd. suse = 6.3+6.4 didn=B4t make any problems but i would much more like = freebsd=20 running on my system. what can i do??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>here=B4s the system:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>21164/533mhz/2mb = cache </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>lx164</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>256mb/ecc</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>15gb maxtor/ide</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>lg 48x/ide</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>floppy!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>matrox 2mb/svga</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i got the srm update from <A=20 href=3D"ftp://ftp.digital.com">ftp.digital.com</A>; and directly from = api=B4s=20 homepage. my alpha-bios is 5.68-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>best regards = g.fischer </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDDA8F.9797FA20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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