From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 1 10:36: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13B8837B401 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:35:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fA1IZk51071068; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:35:47 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA1IZf714919; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:35:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:35:40 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: DAVE CUSHING Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 400 woes Message-ID: <20011101193540.A14893@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <01Nov1.132323est.119046@charon.cambrianc.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01Nov1.132323est.119046@charon.cambrianc.on.ca>; from DMCUSHING@cambrianc.on.ca on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 01:28:50PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 01:28:50PM -0500, DAVE CUSHING wrote: > Everything appears to be fine with the box, it was running NT with these drives up until about 3 weeks ago. I managed to appropriate it, since our environment is moving to WIN2K, and wanted to make mail server out of it. > > I *think* that FreeBSD is waiting for the drives to do something and it is timing out waiting, but I don't know what is going on (I am not a *nix guru by any stretch of the imagination.) Can you please post details on what the FreeBSD kernel/installation process prints during boot. > Bus 00 Slot 11: Digital ZLXp Graphics Controller This is a TGA display adapter. Currently FreeBSD does not support that. Either run a serial console or find yourself a PCI VGA card. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message