Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:10:58 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Mahlon <mahlon-dated-1044322823.908f1c@martini.nu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: Compaq ES40 Alpha, FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE - install issue. Message-ID: <20030130081058.B46898@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030130014021.GH91756@martini.nu>; from mahlon-dated-1044322823.908f1c@martini.nu on Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:40:21PM -0800 References: <20030130014021.GH91756@martini.nu>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:40:21PM -0800, Mahlon wrote: ES40 is not a supported platform for FreeBSD/alpha list time I checked. Please post boot messages, this makes me curious. W/ > > Originally posted to -stable, firing it off over here in the hopes that > someone might know what the prob is. > > I'm not subscribed to -alpha - please cc me on any replies. > > > Mahlon E. Smith jabber id: mahlon@chat.martini.nu > http://www.martini.nu/ get pgp key: mahlon-pgp@martini.nu > ........................................................................ > I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more > planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system. -- > Jack Handey > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Mahlon <mahlon-dated-1044302642.4a3423@martini.nu> ----- > > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:03:59 -0800 > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Compaq ES40 Alpha, FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE - install issue. > User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i > From: Mahlon <mahlon-dated-1044302642.4a3423@martini.nu> > > > I'm having some installation problems here that I'm hoping someone has > seen before. It's my first attempt to install on an Alpha, so it's > entirely possible that I am missing something rather basic - or simply > don't know where to delve for diagnostic info. > > On my initial attempt, sysinstall would sig11 when trying to write the > disklabel. I've since gone through and updated the abios and srm to the > newest revisions - no more sig11, hooray. Now I see this instead, *after* > the disklabel, during newfs: > > --------------------------------------------- > /dev/da0a: 128.0 (262144 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048 > using 4 cylinder group of 32.02MB, 2049 blks, 4224 inodes. > super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: > 32, 65600, 131168, 196736 > write error: 0 > newfs: wtfs: Operation not permitted > --------------------------------------------- > > And voila, I'm stuck. > > Any help offered is appreciated, I'm eager to get this beast running. > > On a side note - no fdisk option in sysinstall? Is that normal on alpha > installs, or is that new to 5.0? > > -Mahlon > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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