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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:23:28 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Charles Fulton <cfulton@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Broken reboot
Message-ID:  <20000711202328.A1351@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711135438.25339A-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>; from cfulton@plato.phy.ohiou.edu on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 02:09:06PM -0400
References:  <14699.23557.850328.913880@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711135438.25339A-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>

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On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 02:09:06PM -0400, Charles Fulton wrote:
> >  > The error is coming from the SRM; the version is 4.8 (last one released
> >  > for EB164)  The kernel exits fine, no complaints.
> > 
> > As far as I know, the halt/reboot code is pretty platform independant.
> > Do other OSes reboot OK on this box?
> 
> I can't say about this... the only other OS that's been on it is Win2k...

Win2K on Alpha?

> and that was short lived once I got a hold of it.  But I'm sure it's a
> firmware issue though.  I haven't felt quite right since that bad checksum
> showed up for the ROM image so I'm curious what a code 660 means.
> 
> Would it matter that I used the ARC to flash the SRM console?

No, that is a valid way to do it.

> > Is it a 21143 based card?  Do you see 'de0' or 'dc0' on the console
> > when you boot 4.x?  Please give 4.1 a try when it comes out (or any
> > snaps that happen before the release).
> 
> I'm pretty sure it a 21043 based card.  The install kernel does let me set
> up de0 but it never finds the FTP.  Is there a way to just give an IP
> instead of selecting from the list?  To see if it's just not finding the
> nameserver.

SHOW CONF in the SRM will tell you what card/chip type it is.

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Wilko Bulte  	 	http://www.freebsd.org  "Do, or do not. There is no try"
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