From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 15 02:59:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA12677 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 02:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA12672 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 02:59:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA25531 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 10:59:15 GMT Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 10:59:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Test Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received anything from this list since 7 Nov. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 15 08:06:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08013 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 08:06:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server.noc.demon.net (server.noc.demon.net [193.195.224.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA08008 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 08:06:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from geoffb@gti.noc.demon.net) Received: by server.noc.demon.net; id QAA11692; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:05:55 GMT Received: from gti.noc.demon.net(195.11.55.101) by inside.noc.demon.net via smap (3.2) id xma011686; Sun, 15 Nov 98 16:05:42 GMT Received: (from geoffb@localhost) by gti.noc.demon.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13306 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:05:41 GMT From: Geoff Buckingham Message-Id: <199811151605.QAA13306@gti.noc.demon.net> Subject: Multia Install To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:05:40 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This may be due to my own inexperiance with the alpha platform but I am getting "cant find file'/boot/boot.conf' " when attempting to install the 1105 snapshot from the kern.flp image and mfsroot.gz file copied onto the floppy. /boot/conf is present on the disk, however isn't found. This means there is no chance to switch disks to load the mfsroot. Does anybody know what I might be doing wrong. -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 02:35:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA21062 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 02:35:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA21055 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 02:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA05136 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:35:51 GMT Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 10:59:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Test Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received anything from this list since 7 Nov. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 03:33:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA26790 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:33:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA26770; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:33:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA19922; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:33:11 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id MAA19978; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:33:10 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981117123308.31408@follo.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:33:08 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Doug Rabson , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Test References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug Rabson on Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:59:14AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:59:14AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received > anything from this list since 7 Nov. Matches my records. As you can see, I got this mail you sent now. However, this does _not_ match the archives - the archives claim there have been mails sent to the list inbetween. The list has been switched from bulkmailer to vmailer between the last previous message I got and this one, but that shouldn't really matter. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 05:41:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA12859 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:41:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA12854 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhuff@cybercom.net) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA20962 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:41:27 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhuff@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA24338; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:41:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:41:26 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Huff Message-Id: <199811171341.IAA24338@shell1.cybercom.net> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Test Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org References: X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Doug Rabson writes: > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't > received anything from this list since 7 Nov. I hadn't either, but I had hoped it was various people too busy with frenzied coding and testing to post. Obviously not. Alright, what's wrong with the list? Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 05:53:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14207 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:53:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from 3rdrock.coserve.org (3rdrock.coserve.org [198.213.49.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14201 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fabry@panam.edu) Received: from earth (earth.coserve.org [198.213.49.85]) by 3rdrock.coserve.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id HAA02366 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:51:09 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <033b01be1231$ac070030$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> From: "Alain G. Fabry" To: Subject: Where can I find FreeBSD for Alpha... Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:53:30 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Am subscribed to freebsd-questions and they mentioned there was an Alpha port for FreeBSD. Where can I find this to do an installation on my DEC Alpha? Please reply to me personally since I'm not subscribed yet to freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Thanks, Alain To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 06:30:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA18402 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 06:30:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA18185; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 06:29:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA05990; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:29:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA10769; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:29:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:29:25 -0500 (EST) To: Eivind Eklund Cc: Doug Rabson , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Test In-Reply-To: <19981117123308.31408@follo.net> References: <19981117123308.31408@follo.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <13905.34715.269048.266965@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eivind Eklund writes: > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:59:14AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received > > anything from this list since 7 Nov. > > Matches my records. As you can see, I got this mail you sent now. > However, this does _not_ match the archives - the archives claim there > have been mails sent to the list inbetween. Two messages of mine regarding some odd boostrap behavior seem to be the first ones missing. Here's the header of the first message: >From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 10 16:51:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15082 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:51:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15075 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:51:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27196 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:51:27 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA12327; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:51:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:51:21 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: srm disk booting problem X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <13896.55574.630436.734033@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 11:43:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA01102 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:43:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ocean.campus.luth.se (ocean.campus.luth.se [130.240.194.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01089 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:43:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se) Received: (from karpen@localhost) by ocean.campus.luth.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA01906; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:41:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from karpen) From: Mikael Karpberg Message-Id: <199811171941.UAA01906@ocean.campus.luth.se> Subject: Re: Where can I find FreeBSD for Alpha... In-Reply-To: <033b01be1231$ac070030$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> from "Alain G. Fabry" at "Nov 17, 98 07:53:30 am" To: fabry@panam.edu (Alain G. Fabry) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:41:21 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Alain G. Fabry: > Am subscribed to freebsd-questions and they mentioned there was an Alpha > port for FreeBSD. > Where can I find this to do an installation on my DEC Alpha? Not that I've been tracking the alpha port TOO closely, but I believe it's NOT for newbies, quite yet. I think there are SNAPs available, but they don't yet hold quite the same quility as the x86 counterparts. If you're feeling brave, and not completely lost, then I would recommend you to join this mailinglist and read it for a week or so, and pick up some vibes. Then go get a SNAP, or so, and try installing it. Also... first, check out this URL: http://www.freebsd.org/alpha/alpha.html second, if you're going to ask "can i run FreeBSD on this hardware" you need to tell people on this list EXACTLY what "DEC Alpha" you're talking about. There are quite a few models, and not all are supported. /Mikael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 12:06:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA04815 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:06:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from junior.lgc.com (junior.lgc.com [134.132.72.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA04805 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim.king@mail.sstar.com) Received: from oasis.zycor.lgc.com by junior.lgc.com (8.8.8/lgc.1.26) id OAA12108; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:05:35 -0600 (CST) Received: from maroon by oasis.zycor.lgc.com (8.8.8/lgc.1.20) id OAA07834; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:05:24 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199811172005.OAA07834@oasis.zycor.lgc.com> X-Sender: jim.king@mail.sstar.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:05:24 -0600 To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG From: Jim King Subject: boot.conf Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org When I installed from the 10/31 snap I didn't get a boot.conf file, and I can't seem to find any docs or an example. Could somebody send me an example? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 12:46:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10229 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:46:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10223; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:46:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA06979; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:45:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:45:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Andrew Gallatin cc: Eivind Eklund , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Test In-Reply-To: <13905.34715.269048.266965@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Eivind Eklund writes: > > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:59:14AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received > > > anything from this list since 7 Nov. > > > > Matches my records. As you can see, I got this mail you sent now. > > However, this does _not_ match the archives - the archives claim there > > have been mails sent to the list inbetween. > > Two messages of mine regarding some odd boostrap behavior seem to > be the first ones missing. Here's the header of the first message: The problem seems to have been fixed now. That was the second time I sent the test message and it obviously propagated well this time. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 12:58:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12142 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:58:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12114; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:58:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmb) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199811172058.MAA12114@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Test In-Reply-To: from Doug Rabson at "Nov 17, 98 08:45:48 pm" To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:58:05 -0800 (PST) Cc: gallatin@cs.duke.edu, eivind@yes.no, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug Rabson wrote: > On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > Eivind Eklund writes: > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:59:14AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received > > > > anything from this list since 7 Nov. > > > > > > Matches my records. As you can see, I got this mail you sent now. > > > However, this does _not_ match the archives - the archives claim there > > > have been mails sent to the list inbetween. > > > > Two messages of mine regarding some odd boostrap behavior seem to > > be the first ones missing. Here's the header of the first message: > > The problem seems to have been fixed now. That was the second time I sent > the test message and it obviously propagated well this time. there was a local problem on hub, that i fixed after two people reported problems. sorry for the disruption of service ;( jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 13:32:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18632 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:32:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from burka.rdy.com (burka.rdy.com [205.149.163.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18540 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:31:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@burka.rdy.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by burka.rdy.com (8.9.1/RDY&DVV) id NAA23977; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:31:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811172131.NAA23977@burka.rdy.com> Subject: Re: Test In-Reply-To: from Doug Rabson at "Nov 15, 1998 10:59:14 am" To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:31:16 -0800 (PST) Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Class: Fast Organization: HackerDome Reply-To: dima@best.net From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug Rabson writes: > Is something wrong with this list or is it just quiet? I haven't received > anything from this list since 7 Nov. Me neither. > > -- > Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com > Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 > Fax: +44 181 381 1039 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > -- dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 17 20:49:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16917 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:49:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from burka.rdy.com (burka.rdy.com [205.149.163.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16906 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@burka.rdy.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by burka.rdy.com (8.9.1/RDY&DVV) id UAA26359 for alpha@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:48:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811180448.UAA26359@burka.rdy.com> Subject: panic To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:48:45 -0800 (PST) X-Class: Fast Organization: HackerDome Reply-To: dima@best.net From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Okay, after recompiling kernel today I've got this: FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision (dima@alpha.rdy.com, Sun Nov 15 04:50:59 PST 1998) Memory: 131072 k *** keyboard not plugged in ... can't open '/boot/boot.conf': no such file or directory Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel]... /kernel data=0x1eab50+0x318f8 syms=[0x8+0x3f150+0x8+0x24e91] Entering kernel at 0xfffffc0000320f40... Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #34: Tue Nov 17 20:18:42 PST 1998 dima@alpha.rdy.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/ALPHA AlphaStation 200/400 ("Avanti") AlphaStation 200 4/233, 233MHz 8192 byte page size, 1 processor. real memory = 132169728 (129072K bytes) avail memory = 123854848 (120952K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xfffffc0000584000. apecs0: isa0 Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: ncr0: rev 0x02 int a irq 11 on pci0.6.0 fatal kernel trap: trap entry = 0x2 (memory management fault) a0 = 0x60 a1 = 0x1 a2 = 0x1 pc = 0xfffffc000048b350 ra = 0xfffffc000048b344 curproc = 0 ddbprinttrap from 0xfffffc000048b350 ddbprinttrap(0x60, 0x1, 0x1, 0x2) panic: trap panic Stopped at Debugger..ng+0x24: ldq ra,0(sp) <0xfffffc0000589978> db> db> trace Debugger..ng() at Debugger..ng+0x24 panic..ng() at panic..ng+0xec trap..ng() at trap..ng+0x650 XentMM() at XentMM+0x20 isa_alloc_resource..ng() at isa_alloc_resource..ng+0x104 _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_() at _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+0x8000 db> -- dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 00:14:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00982 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:14:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sys1.microline.org (sys1.microline.org [207.173.132.199] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00958 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:14:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@microline.org) Received: from sys2 (sys2.microline.org [207.173.133.146]) by sys1.microline.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA00451 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:13:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@microline.org) Reply-To: From: "Steve Proctor" To: Subject: DEC Multia Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:09:42 -0800 Message-ID: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? I just picked up one of these little $99.00 suckers and would love to use FreeBSD on it. Any info is appreciated! Steve Sproctor@microline.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 02:16:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA12873 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:16:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA12868 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 02:16:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA09451; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:16:45 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:16:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Dima Ruban cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic In-Reply-To: <199811180448.UAA26359@burka.rdy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Dima Ruban wrote: > Okay, after recompiling kernel today I've got this: Ok, I know what is causing this but I have to rethink things slightly. I'll commit a fix soon. This bug will affect all apecs and lca based machines (AlphaStation 200, Multia, AXPpci33). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 07:47:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA21315 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:47:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from assurance.rstcorp.com ([206.29.49.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA21310 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:47:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vshah@rstcorp.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by assurance.rstcorp.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12561 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:47:22 -0500 Received: from sandbox.rstcorp.com(206.29.49.63) by assurance.rstcorp.com via smap (V2.0) id xma012555; Wed, 18 Nov 98 10:46:48 -0500 Received: from jabberwock.rstcorp.com (jabberwock [206.29.49.98]) by sandbox.rstcorp.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28676 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:46:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vshah@localhost) by jabberwock.rstcorp.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) id KAA24398; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:46:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:46:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199811181546.KAA24398@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> From: "Viren R. Shah" To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Will it run on ... X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: "Viren R. Shah" X-Face: )~y+U*K:yzjz{q<5lzpI_SVef'U.])9g[C9`1N@]u3,MHY7f*l7C)[_NjM4y4K8$uIUh|\u (K&&HS6,M!61&GMTk'mqmB/Qg]]X}"?TzsFl]"2v!bl8']dma.:^IY^a[lbOI>U:b<~FyK3q-p{HmZ mn~g.`~BE!5{2D:}Yi+\_KkWe?XaHj9$ko1k8iKLYv5*_2c8"G=?Up[}hn+7RNM(bzBZ_wWk6!Pf&B ?3Tcm7M7B~W%K/I0aX3]*=jP?aM]H6HBPT`oLk+0n^_;N\2\%|Rhy;p}34Q.jEsM\qtnxcm;ag%Nq Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The machine is currently running Linux/alpha. since no one is using it currently I could borrow it, if the FreeBSD/alpha port runs on it. Here's the dmesg from linux: Command line: bootdevice=sda1 bootfile=vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda1 Alpha PCI BIOS32 revision 0.03 Probing PCI hardware. bios32 WARNING: slot 13, function 0 requests 0x8000000 bytes of contig address space---don't use sparse memory accesses on this device!! bios32.sio_fixup: weird, device 8086:0484 coming in on slot 7 has no irq line!! Console: TGA driver Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour TGA 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 163.58 BogoMIPS Memory: 29896k available Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP Linux version 2.0.30 (root@spacely.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Tue Nov 11 21:37:39 EST 1997 Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed. Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 2.88M Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 6, function 0 ncr53c8xx: 53c810 detected ncr53c810-0: rev=0x02, base=0x11001000, io_port=0x8800, irq=11 ncr53c810-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking ncr53c810-0: restart (scsi reset). scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 2.4a scsi : 1 host. Vendor: DEC Model: RZ26F (C) DEC Rev: 1Q0A Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Vendor: DEC Model: RRD45 (C) DEC Rev: 1645 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 1 SCSI disk total. ncr53c810-0-<0,0>: SLOW SCSI 5.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 8) SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2050860 [1001 MB] [1.0 GB] PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. PPP line discipline registered. tulip.c:v0.83 10/19/97 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov eth0: Digital DS21040 Tulip at 0x8000, 08 00 2b e7 76 3d, IRQ 15. Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Adding Swap: 65408k swap-space (priority -1) <6>sysctl: ip forwarding off ICMP: failed checksum from 206.29.49.60! ICMP: failed checksum from 206.29.49.60! ICMP: failed checksum from 206.29.49.60! ------------------------------- Is this enough information to tell whether FreeBSD/Alpha would run on this? Thanks Viren -- Viren R. Shah {viren @ rstcorp . com} Research Associate, RST Inc. "I believe every process which shows failure can be improved, and any human process that does not show failures is so broken that failures do not even show up." -- Simon Shapiro (freebsd-current) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 11:15:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA22107 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:15:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA22096 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:15:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhuff@cybercom.net) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA27413 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:15:01 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhuff@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA05369; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:15:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:15:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199811181915.OAA05369@shell1.cybercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Robert Huff To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ALPHA stuff on 3.0 CD X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello: I just got my 3.0 CD set ... tracked down the Alpha stuff (it's on disk 4) and ... as far as I can tell, all of the top-level docs are copied verbatim from the i386 section. Not that I was expecting a complete work-up (given, among other things, the rate of code development) but I would prefer no docs to useless/frivolous docs. Is anybody co-ordinating the delivery of Alpha material? Also - how out-of-date are the various sources? They're labeled "Oct 17". Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 12:24:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01567 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:24:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01559 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:24:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA11397; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:25:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:24:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: "Viren R. Shah" cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will it run on ... In-Reply-To: <199811181546.KAA24398@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Viren R. Shah wrote: > > The machine is currently running Linux/alpha. since no one is using it > currently I could borrow it, if the FreeBSD/alpha port runs on it. > Here's the dmesg from linux: > > [...] > > Is this enough information to tell whether FreeBSD/Alpha would run on > this? That's not quite enough. I need to know what kind of alpha it is (AlphaStation 200, 400, 500 etc, Multia, PC164 etc). There is a good chance that we support it since we run on most non-AlphaServer machines. The main problem for your machine is that TGA isn't supported yet so you would probably be limited to a serial console. You will probably also need to switch from the AlphaBIOS firmware which Linux normally uses to the SRM firmware which is all we currently support. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 13:14:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07607 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:14:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from schizo.com (schizo.com [216.27.37.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07586 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:14:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bits@oldwarez.com) Received: from oldwarez.com (bits@oldwarez.com [216.27.37.18]) by schizo.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA10663; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:35:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bits@oldwarez.com) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:35:39 -0500 (EST) From: BitS X-Sender: bits@schizo.com To: Steve Proctor cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEC Multia In-Reply-To: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org don't waste your time... trust me, I've been through one of them, a friend of mine has been through 2, and there is yet another one here at my office which is useless... they overheat the instant you power them on, they are extremely unreliable, they spew processor traps constantly... in short, see if you can send it back and get your money back. David -------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wimsey Network Engineer dwimsey@rtci.com Research Triangle Consultants, Inc 919-380-9771x3101 http://www.rtci.com http://www.schizo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- He who laughs last, is slow. On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Steve Proctor wrote: > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? I just picked up > one of these little $99.00 suckers and would love to use FreeBSD on it. Any > info is appreciated! > > Steve > Sproctor@microline.org > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 15:45:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01886 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pacific.net (pacific.pacific.net [199.4.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01879 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ufkartfm@pacific.net) Received: from pacific.net (slime-lake.pacific.net [209.209.2.250]) by pacific.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA24030; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:44:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:10 +0000 From: curtis Organization: Flying Snail Ranch X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: DEC Multia References: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? (smile) Yes and No Via the NetBSD method, I managed to build enough 'stuff' to get a FreeBSD kernel header to appear; however, it would not work all of the time (1 in 3 tries) due to ncr0 falling asleep. When I moved to 3.0, I wiped everything, started fresh, and have been trying various combinations of kern.flp/mfsroot.gz. (smile) i have never gotten past a 'READ ONLY' system, but if you want to see it 'sort of work' then: I do it using three machines (ymmv): p2/FreeBSD 3.0 running minicom (serial terminal for multia) multia (target machine) connected to p2 via serial port and hub alpha xlt300 (holds FreeBSD/alpha SNAPs) and connected to hub If you can find 3.0-19981031-SNAP, use the kern.flp and mfsroot.gz from the "floppies" directory. they produce the following headers: FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision (jkh@beast.cdrom.com, Tue Oct 27 07:13:06 PST 1998) FreeBSD 3.0-19981031-SNAP #0: Sun Nov 1 06:33:49 GMT 1998 jkh@beast.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS and will take you to here: /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console These are the predefined terminal types available to sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the closest match for your particular terminal. 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color). 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). Your choice: (1-4)2 [snip] At this point I do an '"Express"/binaries & kernel sources' install via ftp from the XLT 300. when it is finished and tells me it is going to reboot, the following will happen: syncing disks... 9 7 2 done Rebooting... halted CPU 0 halt code = 5 HALT instruction executed PC = fffffc000044fca0 CPU 0 booting Unexpected Machine Check through vector 00000067 [snip - 'lots of messages'] Brk 0 at 0012F928 0012F928! BPT <<<--- where it stops and i turn off the machine, wait about a minute, and turn it back on (power cycle). At this point, I insert another boot disk made from kern.flp: 3.0-19981108-SNAP and boot it via the srm console. the header says: FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision (root@sloth.noc.erols.net, Sat Nov 7 15:59:44 GMT 1998) [snip] name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: # df Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on da0a 871262 335338 466224 42% / # uname -a FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP #0: Sat Nov 7 17:58:41 GMT 1998 root@sloth.noc.erols.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS alpha # pwd / # ls .cshrc boot.config etc mnt stand .profile boot.help kernel modules sys COPYRIGHT cdrom kernel.GENERIC proc tmp bin compat kernel.config root usr boot dev lkm sbin var # cd # pwd /root # ls /usr/src/sys Makefile ddb libkern netinet pccard alpha dev miscfs netipx pci boot gnu modules netkey posix4 cam i386 msdosfs netnatm sys coda isa net netns ufs compile isofs netatalk nfs vm conf kern netatm pc98 # vi test ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Read-only file system # Have Fun, curtis Steve Proctor wrote: > > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? I just picked up > one of these little $99.00 suckers and would love to use FreeBSD on it. Any > info is appreciated! > > Steve > Sproctor@microline.org -- curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody I want Nobody to control my life! How about you? http://www.netvideo.com/nobody To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 00:58:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02445 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:58:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02438 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:58:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA05284; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:58:53 -0800 (PST) To: Robert Huff cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ALPHA stuff on 3.0 CD In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:15:01 EST." <199811181915.OAA05369@shell1.cybercom.net> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:58:52 -0800 Message-ID: <5280.911465932@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > on disk 4) and ... as far as I can tell, all of the top-level docs are > copied verbatim from the i386 section. Not quite. Look just a little bit more closely. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 05:20:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA29800 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 05:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA29795 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 05:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhuff@cybercom.net) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA01971 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:19:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhuff@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA12141; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:19:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:19:32 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Huff Message-Id: <199811191319.IAA12141@shell1.cybercom.net> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ALPHA stuff on 3.0 CD] X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Our Fearless Leader (:-) writes: >> on disk 4) and ... as far as I can tell, all of the top-level docs >> are copied verbatim from the i386 section. > >Not quite. Look just a little bit more closely. OK, I'm going to be lazy here. I looked at: ABOUT.TXT README.TXT INSTALL.TXT LAYOUT.TXT HARDWARE.TXT RELNOTES.TXT UPGRADE.TXT (top-level docs, yes?) and found 1 reference to Alpha stuff - the credit to Doug et alia for their work. Can I get you to be more specific? Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 10:29:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02394 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:29:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.erols.com (smtp1.erols.com [207.172.3.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA02388 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:29:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shmit@natasya.noc.erols.net) Received: from natasya.noc.erols.net (natasya.noc.erols.net [207.172.25.236]) by smtp1.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA14569; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 13:28:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from shmit@localhost) by natasya.noc.erols.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA26816; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 13:28:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981119132824.V322@kublai.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 13:28:24 -0500 From: Brian Cully To: curtis , sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: DEC Multia Reply-To: shmit@kublai.com References: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net>; from curtis on Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 03:45:10PM +0000 X-Sender: If your mailer pays attention to this, it's broken. X-PGP-Info: finger shmit@kublai.com for my public key. Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 03:45:10PM +0000, curtis wrote: > If you can find 3.0-19981031-SNAP, use the kern.flp and mfsroot.gz > from the "floppies" directory. they produce the following headers: You can find Gary's nightly Alpha snapshots at ftp://mirrors.rcn.com/pub/FreeBSD/alpha -- Brian Cully They Might Be Giant's Dial-a-Song service: (718) 387-6962. ``Free when you call from work!'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 10:36:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03341 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:36:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from host.phc.igs.net (host.phc.igs.net [207.210.17.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03336 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:36:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eagle@phc.igs.net) From: eagle@phc.igs.net Received: from eagle (st02.phc.igs.net [207.210.17.53]) by host.phc.igs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA09698 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 13:41:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199811191841.NAA09698@host.phc.igs.net> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:27:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: questions concerning hardware X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >From my recent studies of the alpha architecture i have come to the following conclusions and would appreciate it if any of you could confirm what i understand or correct me where i am wrong. the alpha port won't boot using the nt flash bios. the digital unix flash bios won't boot from an ide drive. other than that I should have no problems with a 21264A on a 164LX motherboard I understand the alpha port is definately a work in progress. but any suggestions on a system based on the above chip and board would be appreciated. thanks. Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 12:13:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA14591 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:13:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sys1.microline.org (sys1.microline.org [207.173.132.199] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14585 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:13:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@microline.org) Received: from sys2 (sys2.microline.org [207.173.133.146]) by sys1.microline.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA02473; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:11:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@microline.org) Reply-To: From: "Steve Proctor" To: , "'curtis'" , Subject: RE: DEC Multia Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:04:09 -0800 Message-ID: <000001be13f7$c5be8580$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <19981119132824.V322@kublai.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thanks, I know where the snapshots are, the question is has anyone ever installed FreeBSD on this box (Multia) and if so, what is the procedure! Im trying to stay with FreeBSD if at all possible. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Cully [mailto:shmit@kublai.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 10:28 AM To: curtis; sproctor@microline.org; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEC Multia On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 03:45:10PM +0000, curtis wrote: > If you can find 3.0-19981031-SNAP, use the kern.flp and mfsroot.gz > from the "floppies" directory. they produce the following headers: You can find Gary's nightly Alpha snapshots at ftp://mirrors.rcn.com/pub/FreeBSD/alpha -- Brian Cully They Might Be Giant's Dial-a-Song service: (718) 387-6962. ``Free when you call from work!'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 19:07:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01644 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from saturn.spel.com (saturn.spel.com [208.226.39.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01638 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:07:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mturpin@saturn.spel.com) Received: from localhost (mturpin@localhost) by saturn.spel.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA14674 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:02:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mturpin@saturn.spel.com) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:02:57 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Turpin To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Need a programmer? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Howdy, Is there anything I can do to help with the FreeBSD-Alpha port? I've got a couple of Multias running NT right now that do nothing but sit around and would like to put them to good use. I'd be happy to do programming, but don't know what needs to be done. Thanks Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Turpin | Consulting - Training - Network Installation Systems Engineer | Main Street Technology Centre | http://www.MainStreetTech.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 19:38:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA04166 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:38:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04161 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:38:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA19436; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 14:41:39 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199811200341.OAA19436@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Need a programmer? In-Reply-To: from Mark Turpin at "Nov 19, 98 10:02:57 pm" To: mturpin@saturn.spel.com (Mark Turpin) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 14:41:38 +1100 (EST) Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark Turpin wrote: > Is there anything I can do to help with the FreeBSD-Alpha port? > > I've got a couple of Multias running NT right now that do nothing > but sit around and would like to put them to good use. > > I'd be happy to do programming, but don't know what needs to be > done. There are lots and lots of ports that someone needs to try building on alpha. Better to concentrate on getting FreeBSD/Alpha installed first. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 19 22:47:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24115 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:47:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from burka.rdy.com (burka.rdy.com [205.149.163.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24110 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:47:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@burka.rdy.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by burka.rdy.com (8.9.1/RDY&DVV) id WAA17281; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:46:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811200646.WAA17281@burka.rdy.com> Subject: Re: Need a programmer? In-Reply-To: from Mark Turpin at "Nov 19, 1998 10: 2:57 pm" To: mturpin@saturn.spel.com (Mark Turpin) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:46:46 -0800 (PST) Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Class: Fast Organization: HackerDome Reply-To: dima@best.net From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark Turpin writes: > > Howdy, > > Is there anything I can do to help with the FreeBSD-Alpha port? > > I've got a couple of Multias running NT right now that do nothing > but sit around and would like to put them to good use. > > I'd be happy to do programming, but don't know what needs to be > done. Tonns of stuff. GDB, NFS, X, ports, bunch of stuff from the userland that needs to be 64bit clean, etc etc etc etc etc > > Thanks > > Mark > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mark Turpin | Consulting - Training - Network Installation > Systems Engineer | > Main Street Technology Centre | http://www.MainStreetTech.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > -- dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 20 02:53:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA16022 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 02:53:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA16011 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 02:53:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:52:04 -0000 Message-ID: From: Paul Richards To: "'BitS'" , Steve Proctor Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DEC Multia Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:52:03 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: BitS [mailto:bits@oldwarez.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 4:36 PM > To: Steve Proctor > Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: DEC Multia > > > don't waste your time... trust me, I've been through one of > them, a friend > of mine has been through 2, and there is yet another one here > at my office > which is useless... they overheat the instant you power them > on, they are > extremely unreliable, they spew processor traps constantly... > in short, > see if you can send it back and get your money back. I don't recommend these machines unless you've a low budget or want one for fun because they're quite old machines, they're not very fast by current standards. I've never experienced any reliability problems with them though. Me and a mate bought four of these about three years's ago. He and his girlfriend have run Linux on theirs as their main machines ever since and not had a single problem with them. Mine have not had such a bashing but I've not seen any problems yet. I run them on their neat little stands and while they spew a lot of heat out of the top they don't seem to get particularly hot. YMMV though since I've heard quite a few people on the FreeBSD lists complain about how hot they run. Paul Richards Ph.D. Originative Solutions Ltd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 20 09:10:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23723 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:10:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sys1.microline.org (sys1.microline.org [207.173.132.199] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23705 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:10:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@sys1.microline.org) Received: from localhost (sproctor@localhost) by sys1.microline.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03749 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:09:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sproctor@sys1.microline.org) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:09:35 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Proctor To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Multia Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I picked up up one of those $99 Multias from cpumicromart. Can FreeBSD 3.0 be installed sucessfully on this machine? If so, is there a FAQ or written procedure for this? Thanks, Steve Proctor sproctor@microline.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 21 01:27:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25932 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:27:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles343.castles.com [208.214.167.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25922 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:27:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00334; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:06:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811210506.VAA00334@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: curtis cc: sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: DEC Multia In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:10 GMT." <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:06:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? > > (smile) Yes and No > > Via the NetBSD method, I managed to build enough 'stuff' to get a > FreeBSD kernel header to appear; however, it would not work all > of the time (1 in 3 tries) due to ncr0 falling asleep. For the longest time, this was due to interrupts not working - the ncr driver has a timeout handler which results in functional but poor performance. This *should* be fixed, but I haven't had time to put the install and my Multia together yet; still too much other crap going on. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 21 15:25:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01786 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:25:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01781 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:25:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA07286; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:26:13 -0800 (PST) To: Robert Huff cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ALPHA stuff on 3.0 CD] In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:19:32 EST." <199811191319.IAA12141@shell1.cybercom.net> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:26:12 -0800 Message-ID: <7281.911690772@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > OK, I'm going to be lazy here. I looked at: > > ABOUT.TXT > README.TXT > INSTALL.TXT > LAYOUT.TXT > HARDWARE.TXT > RELNOTES.TXT > UPGRADE.TXT With the exception of RELNOTES.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT, these are all fairly generic docs. The two I mentioned *do* need to be "localized" with a list of hardware more germain to the ALPHA, but since we don't have a master list of which machines FreeBSD/alpha even runs on yet, that's a bit premature. It's certainly planned, but without the requisite info it's also not possible (yet). If you see floppies/README.TXT on an ALPHA distribution, you'll see specific information on installing on the Alpha which is about as much as needs documenting at this very early stage of the Alpha port. I'm not trying to make it equivalent to FreeBSD/x86 here, simply to give the (very) early adopters enough info to install and start playing with it. Around Jan/Feb, which is when 3.0.1 is due, we'll start making a more serious effort to make the two architecture ports equivalent. Any people wishing to dive on the docs in the meantime are more than welcome! FOO.TXT.${ARCH} in /usr/src/release/texts perhaps? - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message