From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 13 11: 8:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E8F37BF6C; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:08:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13CnPZ-00073p-00; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:08:37 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01052; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:46:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:46:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Chris Lynch , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First Time Alpha install Message-ID: <20000713194604.C975@freebie.demon.nl> Reply-To: wilko@freebsd.org References: <004f01bfeca8$244b78d0$da0802d8@CityGuide.com> <200007130921.CAA00886@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200007130921.CAA00886@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:21:47AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:21:47AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on a DEC AlphaPC 164 LX. I've made two > > floppies, but, since it doesn't automatically boot from the floppy, I'm not > > sure what to put int the OS Selection Setup. > > You don't boot FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS. Go to the setup screen and change > the OS to Unix, then save and power cycle the machine. When it comes > back, insert the first floppy and say 'boot dva0' at the prompt. Reading INSTALL.TXT is enlightening too.. -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message