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Date:      Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:00:47 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0-beta4 on 2100A: unexpected machine check
Message-ID:  <20050916040047.GY33112@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050915104109.02aa8e28@psulias.psu.edu>
References:  <20050915032021.GO33112@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20050915104109.02aa8e28@psulias.psu.edu>

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:46:44AM -0400, Paul Baughman wrote:
> Tillman,
> 
> I have two of these beasts, and recent freeBSD releases do not recognize 
> the machine.  The last I tried (5.2) freebsd will not install directly.  I 
> had to go back to 4.11 in order for the installer to recognize the machine 
> type.

Ahhh. That's unfortunate, I was hoping to use this box to replace my
last 4.X server.

> My plan when I got 4.11 installed was to build a release manually, but I 
> haven't had the time to do this.
> 
> Unless one of the gurus says otherwise, I don't think you can install 
> directly.  Contrary-wise, if they *do* say it can be done, someone *please* 
> tell me how also.

Do you mean that once installed, a normal cvsup & build process will
successfully get it to -CURRENT?

-T


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