From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 25 12:41:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02560 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:41:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles172.castles.com [208.214.165.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02551 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:41:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07197; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:38:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812252038.MAA07197@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Viren R. Shah" cc: Mike Smith , Stuart Krivis , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha/3.0-19981208-SNAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:24:17 EST." <199812232324.SAA74136@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:38:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Smith writes: > > >>>> Stuart Krivis writes: > >> How close is the Alpha port? I have an Alphastation 200 (avanti) that is > >> currently running RH Linux. I could certainly play with FreeBSD on it if > >> someone is willing to get me started, and if it is far enough along that I > >> can actually get some use out of the box while experimenting. > > Mike> If you remember to swap to the emergency console on vty3 and run > Mike> 'disklabel -B' before rebooting, you should be able to install just > Mike> fine. > > Assuming you don't have a TGA console (which I do on a alphastation > 200 4/166). Is this still a correct assessment? Correct. I'd recommend inserting a random cheap-ass ISA VGA card in your box for the short-term future. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message