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Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:48:10 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, MAX@one.com.au, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Message-ID:  <199911291748.JAA00432@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:46:42 EST." <14402.36967.161979.501638@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> 

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> Mike Smith writes:
>  > > *** keyboard not plugged in ...
>  > > Can't open file /boot/loader
>  > > *** keyboard not plugged in ...
>  > 
>  > Your installation did not complete correctly.  Try again.
>  > 
>  > > So, how should i get the freebsd running?
>  > 
>  > Install it correctly.  It's not really very hard.  If you go to the 
>  > questions list, and promise to give them more information than you've 
>  > given us, you should get the sort of help you need.
> 
> This sounds a lot like what Juan E. Navarro was complaining about with
> a -current install onto an xp1000.  I think that sysinstall might be
> hosed for alpha. Either that, or it is far too easy to make a mistake
> & inadvertantly end up with a system which will not boot.

Not as far as I can tell; at least, the install I did last week (network 
install from ftp.cdrom.com onto a DS20) completed just fine.  It even 
does DHCP correctly.

> Do any of the Q/A people have alphas?

I have a couple now; I'll be relegating the noname to continual install 
testing now.  I've looked at Juan's report, but so far I don't have any 
concrete ideas, sorry.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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