Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:49:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Allen Ziegenfus <aziegenfus@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot 5.1 install media Message-ID: <16178.19149.732576.930286@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030807001412.26fea1c3.aziegenfus@mindspring.com> References: <20030807001412.26fea1c3.aziegenfus@mindspring.com>
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Allen Ziegenfus writes: > some promising messages but after the "jumping to bootstrap" message > it just hangs. I also can't seem to boot my RH 7.1 media, so who knows > what that problem is. > Alphas will show very limited information and take input from a '>>>' prompt on non-console devices, but when an OS bootstrap takes over, the output goes just to the the SRM's console device. Are you typing on a serial console, or on a keyboard/monitor (graphics) console? Make sure the value of the 'console' variable in srm matches reality. Assuming you're using a graphics console, do >>> set console graphics >>> init Then you should see more info from booting the CDs. Drew
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