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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:03:54 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Michael Chen <bd5rv@jsdxc.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: more for help on digital server 5000
Message-ID:  <20001206090354.D2205@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBIJEPCLGNGJKJHGGMGEDBCKAA.bd5rv@jsdxc.org>; from bd5rv@jsdxc.org on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:41:57AM %2B0800
References:  <NEBBIJEPCLGNGJKJHGGMGEDBCKAA.bd5rv@jsdxc.org>

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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:41:57AM +0800, Michael Chen wrote:
> After a few minutes trying to read kernel from CDROM, it told me that
> "failed to send read to dka500". Does it mean that my CDROM is not supported
> by Freebsd?

No, we have problems booting from CDROMs and floppies on some machines.
If you can dd' boot.flp onto a hard disk, you could boot from that and do
a network install.  Or if you have another FreeBSD Alpha, build the
system disk on it and then transplant it to this machine.
 


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