From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 17 14:37:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B1B37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57CE143E6E for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:37:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HLb9Fu041198; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:37:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HLb9jT041197; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:37:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:37:08 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Razvan Cremenescu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha station xp900 Message-ID: <20021017233708.A41161@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <00a301c2761d$92a2ff00$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> <20021017225445.A40975@freebie.xs4all.nl> <00b601c27621$d117c730$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> <20021017231521.A41097@freebie.xs4all.nl> <011101c27623$24caab30$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <011101c27623$24caab30$58451251@pi.terrasat.ro>; from cremenescu@terrasat.ro on Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:21:22AM +0300 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:21:22AM +0300, Razvan Cremenescu wrote: > when do i type those commands? > > i am not at familiar with alpha systems. sorry. > i worked only with i386 so far. this is my first alpha experience. > (and i am supposed to do it right from the beginning) :-) Do you have an SRM manual? SRM is the boot / console firmware. Have you read the doc files on the FreeBSD/Alpha cdrom? > PS . when i boot the computer it gives an error like message > "cannot find DQxxx -something- file for boot" That means it tried to boot from some IDE disk or cdrom drive that it cannot find. > what does it mean? after that it passes on and boot the True 64 UNIX it has > installed. i want to remove that system and put freeBSD. You can just type 'halt' at the Tru64 root shell prompt. That gets you down to the SRM (>>> prompt). From there please supply me with the output from SHOW CONFIG SHOW DEVICES That tells me what (disk) devices you have etc. W/. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message