Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 23:55:45 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Santanu Das <santanu@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> Cc: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AlphaServer 1000A 4/266 Message-ID: <20040514215545.GA20698@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <40A519CE.4070105@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> References: <40A519CE.4070105@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
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On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:11:10PM +0100, Santanu Das wrote: Not 5.2.1 because we do not have that model at work anymore, but previously 4.x ran fine on these machines. I had EV5 CPUs in ours though. Have you read the Alpha version of HARDWARE.TXT? That has more info on the various Alpha models. Wilko > > Hi, > > This is the first time I'm trying FreBSD and even more, the very first > on a AlphaServer. I downloaded four iso images namely, > 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-bootonly.iso, 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc1.iso, > 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc2.iso and 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-miniinst.iso from > mirror side. Do I need to burn all these images? > > Did any ever body install FreeBSD on that particular machine (AS 1000A > 4/266) or know about any known constraint? > Any related information would be much more appreciate!!! > > Santanu > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---end of quoted text--- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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