Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 14:37:36 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: Eric Sproul <esproul@ntelos.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: booting 4.4 cd on Alpha? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020104142924.03bb1040@pop.ozemail.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1010085653.305.32.camel@thunderbolt.net.cfw.com>
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At 06:20 4/01/2002, Eric Sproul sent this up the stick: >On an AlphaStation 400 with SRM V6.7-2, >when I try to boot from the CDROM, it finds a valid boot block, but then >fails. > >I presume I have the right device: > >>>show device >dka0.0.0.6.0 DKA0 RZ26L 442D >dka200.2.0.6.0 DKA200 RZ28L-AS 0654 >dka400.4.0.6.0 DKA400 RRD43 1084 > >dka0 and dka200 are hdd's, so dka400 must be the CDROM (the DEC labels >are cryptic to me). > >so I do > >>>boot dka400 -file '' -flags '' > >and get >(boot dka400.4.0.6.0 -file '' -flags '') >block 0 of dka400.4.0.6.0 is a valid boot block >reading 370 blocks from dka400.4.0.6.0 >bootstrap code read in >base = 1f2000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 2e400 >initializing HWRPB at 2000 >initializing page table at 1e4000 >initializing machine state >setting affinity to the primary CPU >jumping to bootstrap code > >halted CPU 0 > >halt code = 2 >kernel stack not valid halt >PC = 4 > > >This is a CD burned from the 4.4-install.iso image. I burned it on a >Linux box with cdrecord. > >Am I doing something wrong? I don't have a lot of experience with the >Alpha platform, and I was following the handbook's procedure (section >2.3.1.2) Try this ... >>> boot dka400 This will boot with no options, which is what the example in the Handbook tries (with empty -file and -flags options) The -flags switch is just that, you then need to specify options, such as >>>boot dka400 -file "kernel.old" -flags "blah". This will boot a file called kernel.old with the flags (options) blah Cheers, Rob -- To use violence is to already be defeated. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 1033 of a collection of 1195 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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