Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:45:03 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot from floppy? Message-ID: <200011161745.eAGHj3H48725@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001116091318.jdp@polstra.com> References: <XFMail.001116091318.jdp@polstra.com>
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In article <XFMail.001116091318.jdp@polstra.com>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> wrote: > OK, it's a lame question, but I can't remember any more how to boot > from a floppy on the Alpha. What is the device name? "Show device" > lists the 2 SCSI hard drives, the SCSI CD-ROM, an Ethernet card, the > SCSI controller, and "dva0" which I don't recognize. I tried "boot > dva0", but that just timed out. Thanks to those who answered. The floppy device is indeed "dva0". One of the connectors had come unseated. It works now. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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