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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 2003 23:20:49 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        "Anthony O'Meara" <atom@atom.no-ip.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID controller problem on Digital Server 5305
Message-ID:  <20030807062049.GA68632@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <002d01c35c92$6daada40$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz>
References:  <002301c357d2$7881d870$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz> <200308010708.09281.adam@blacktabby.org> <000d01c35890$b9a614b0$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz> <200308052156.56451.adam@blacktabby.org> <002d01c35c92$6daada40$1f00a8c0@colorite.co.nz>

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On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:17:25PM +1200, Anthony O'Meara wrote:
> I downloaded "cdboot-5.1-CURRENT-20030713-JPSNAP.iso" from
> current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/ISO-IMAGES/
> and burnt it to CD, I can view the cd on my Windows desktop, It has serveral
> text files and a folder called boot
> 
> (Alpha cdrom:
>     show device
>     polling ncr0 (NRC 53C810) slot 1, bus 0 PCI, hoise 1    SCSI Bus ID 7
>     dka400.4.0.1.1     DKA400     RRD46    1337
> )
> 
> When I put the cd in the cdrom of the Alpha and go "b dka400"
>     (boot dka400.4.0.1.1)
>     block 0 of dka400.4.0.1.1 is not valid boot block
>     bootstrap failture
> 
> Why?

It possibly hasn't had setcdboot run on it.  You can build it on an
i386 system and issue:

    setcdboot cdboot-5.1-CURRENT-20030713-JPSNAP.iso /boot/cdboot



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