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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:29:14 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?
Message-ID:  <20060211032914.GK67017@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060129140957.GA91608@freebie.xs4all.nl>
References:  <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060114155126.GQ53216@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060116070710.02c64ea0@psulias.psu.edu> <20060116145719.GB29044@freebie.xs4all.nl> <6.2.1.2.2.20060125094638.02ae5d18@psulias.psu.edu> <20060126190538.GA53274@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060128033801.GI59277@seekingfire.com> <20060129140957.GA91608@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 03:09:57PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 09:38:01PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote..
> > 
> > My apologies for the delay -- I've now strung a 50 foot serial line out
> > to the garage where the 2100A now lives.
> > 
> > P00>>>show dev
> > dka0.0.0.2001.0            DKA0               SEAGATE ST32550W  8104
> > dka600.6.0.2001.0          DKA600                        RRD45  1645
> > dra0.0.0.2007.0            DRA0                5 Member RAID 5  
> > dva0.0.0.1000.0            DVA0                      RX26/RX23
> > ewa0.0.0.2008.0            EWA0              00-00-F8-1E-E2-C1
> > pka0.7.0.2001.0            PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
> > pkb0.7.0.7.0               PKB0                  SCSI Bus ID 7   R01   A12
> > 
> > P00>>>sho conf
> >                         Digital Equipment Corporation
> >                            AlphaServer 2100A 4/233
> 
> AFAICS the only obvious difference is that your machine is an EV4 and the
> other one a newer/faster EV5 CPU

I tried again with the new 6.1beta ...

[root@thoth /tmp/downloads]# ls -l
total 895332
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  458160128 Feb  4 09:52
6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel        137 Feb  9 07:41 CHECKSUM.MD5
[root@thoth /tmp/downloads]# cat CHECKSUM.MD5
MD5 (6.1-BETA1-alpha-bootonly.iso) = e63dc0fcbc4222e82c3bb7e040f791cb
MD5 (6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = c536ed08fedbd45141f48919803042dc
[root@thoth /tmp/downloads]# md5 6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso
MD5 (6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = c536ed08fedbd45141f48919803042dc
[root@thoth /tmp/downloads]# burncd -f /dev/acd0 data
6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso fixate
next writeable LBA 0
writing from file 6.1-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso size 447422 KB
written this track 447422 KB (100%) total 447422 KB
fixating CD, please wait..

And on the 2100A:

(boot dka600.6.0.2001.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka600.6.0.2001.0 is a valid boot block
reading 407 blocks from dka600.6.0.2001.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 32e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1fff0000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
Consoles: SRM firmware console  
VMS PAL rev: 0x4000700010538
OSF PAL rev: 0x4000c0002012d
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.
FreeBSD/alpha SRM CD9660 boot, Revision 1.2
(root@ds10.freebie.xs4all.nl, Sat Feb  4 04:09:19 UTC 2006)
Memory: 524288 k
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 
/boot/kernel/kernel data=0x627640+0x39490 syms=[0x8+0x6cf18+0x8+0x5aa04]
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...               
Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xfffffc000034b530...
Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
FreeBSD 6.1-BETA1 #0: Sat Feb  4 07:17:54 UTC 2006
    root@ds10.freebie.xs4all.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
DEC AlphaServer 2100A
AlphaServer 2100A 4/233, 233MHz
8192 byte page size, 4 processors.
CPU: EV45 (21064A) major=6 minor=2
OSF PAL rev: 0x4000c0002012d
real memory  = 534700032 (509 MB)
avail memory = 510148608 (486 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): PAL ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): PAL ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): PAL ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): PAL ID:  3
t20: using interrupt type 1 on pci bus 0
t20: <T2 Core Logic chipset>
pcib0: <T2 PCI host bus adapter> on t20
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
eisab0: <PCI-EISA bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
eisa0: <EISA bus> on eisab0
mainboard0: <DEC2a01 (System Board)> on eisa0 slot 0
isa0: <ISA bus> on eisab0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
unexpected machine check:
    mces    = 0x1
    vector  = 0x660
    param   = 0xfffffc0000006000
    pc      = 0xfffffc00007719c0
    ra      = 0xfffffc0000771968
    curproc = 0xfffffc000092c758
        pid = 0, comm = swapper
panic: machine check
cpuid = 0
Uptime: 1s
Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort


So it boots now, just not successfully (normal for the Lynx, I
understand). Same burner and pack of media as before, though it's
entirely possible that I had two bad burns in a row.

-T


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