Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:23:17 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Steven Cook <sven@harshbutfair.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing on an alpha Message-ID: <385D5AD5.44FC6F7A@S1.com> References: <19991218000646.A5875@harshbutfair.org>
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G'day Steven, > > I've just installed FreeBSD on my Alpha and I've run into a problem. > The install itself went smoothly, but after rebooting I can't work > out how to boot it. I suspect this should be obvious, but I can't > get it and the lack of documentation makes things difficult. > > So far I've tried the following at the SRM console, all fail: > > >>> boot > >>> boot dka300 > >>> boot -file /kernel dka300 > >>> boot -file /kernel.GENERIC dka300 > > What do I need to do to get it to boot? > Dumb question, but I'll ask anyway ;') Are you sure you're booting from dka300? I know sometimes mVAX and Alphas boot from dkb300 - and for that matter, I would think that the scsi id could be set to others. Unfortunately I don't have any DEC equipment docs close by. dka100 also seems to be a common setting. See if you can get the fishbones to tell you what devices you have configured. It's been a year or more, but I think it's ">>> show device" :'/ Sorry I couldn't give you a 'pat' answer, but hopefully you'll nut it out :') Regards, |-| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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