From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 21:47:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A4A616A41F for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:47:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5284543D46 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:47:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 6482121 for multiple; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:48:24 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0JLlLRw065076; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:47:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:48:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601191648.05543.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1245/Wed Jan 18 11:57:44 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:47:25 -0000 On Thursday 19 January 2006 16:14, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:40:35PM +0000, Russell Howe wrote.. > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* > > > difference is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do > > > not play well with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye > > > color) because it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs. > > > > I still can't get the FBSD 6.0 mini ISO to boot on my 500AU, regardless > > of which drive I try (I've tried 3, 2 of them being writers, 1 of them a > > modern DVD-RW/CD-RW). > > > > The NetBSD 3.0 installer boots just fine > > > > Could it be that the 6.0 bootloader is incompatible with whatever > > release of the SRM firmware I have, or that the kernel is too big to > > load? > > Unlikely, but it would be *oh so nice* if people tested the bleedin' > pre-release beta bits instead of moaning about *release* CDs that do > not boot. > > > NetBSD was burnt using the same type of media as FreeBSD was, and I > > tried burning the FreeBSD installer multiple times on multiple OSes > > using multiple different pieces of software. > > > > The message I'm getting is: > > > > http://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/alpha-no-workie.txt > > What you should get is 406 blocks for the bootstrap: > >>>boot dka0 > > (boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0) > block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block > reading 406 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0 > bootstrap code read in > base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 32c00 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > > Not 170135 blocks... > > >>boot dka0 > > (boot dka0.0.0.107.0 -flags a) > block 0 of dka0.0.0.107.0 is a valid boot block > reading 170135 blocks from dka0.0.0.107.0 Simple question I know, but have the MD5 sums been verified to make sure the file wasn't downloaded as ASCII or something weird? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org