Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:50:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 1000A Message-ID: <14822.9055.232569.714864@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001012153936.U29088@bonsai.knology.net> References: <20001012153936.U29088@bonsai.knology.net>
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Steve Price writes: > Hi all, > > My father-in-law just dropped an AlphaServer 1000A by the > house that he wants me to install FreeBSD on. Question is > how do I get it to drop to the console? I've downloaded > the firmware update from DEC, put it on a DOS floppy, and > named the file fwupdate.exe but the box insists on booting > from dka0 and into OpenVMS despite my best efforts. > > Thanks for any and all enlightenment. If its running VMS that means you've got the SRM console and you probably don't need to bother w/a firmware update. There's a couple of ways to get to the console: - Look for a halt button & press it. - Madly hit ^C and/or ^P while its booting - If all else fails, yank the boot disk. When you get to the console, change the auto_action variable from boot to halt. Eg: >>> set auto_action halt Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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