Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:27:58 -0400 From: Roberto de Iriarte <roberto@spock.cl> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 2100A Booting from Mini FreeBSD 4.5 ISO Message-ID: <3D0873AE.3050706@spock.cl> References: <000001c212c9$b5e33cd0$0201a8c0@cartman> <3D088073.1000007@free.fr> <15624.47042.375518.197715@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Andrew Gallatin wrote: >(Please wrap your text at 72 columns) > >ANTOINE Pierre writes: > > Hi all, > > > > Some banking company gave an AlphaServer 2100A to my school, and the > > sysadmin ask me > > to install a free OS on it. Debian can't boot. I've try Mini-Freebsd 4.5 > > ISO booting CD > > from the SRM. The loader go fine to a shell ("press enter to boot or a > > key to shell") > > but without changing anything, the boot freeze with an error message > > about identification > > after that. > >A 2100A should work fine, assuming all the hardware in the box is >supported. Can you please describe the hardware more fully >(transcribe the output of the command "show dev" at the SRM console >prompt >>>). > > I can confirm that 2100A's work fine under 4.5 as long as the rest of the system is supported (i'm typing this on one) Regards Roberto To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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