Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:45:19 -0700 From: "John Howie" <JHowie@msn.com> To: <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Message-ID: <005101bec246$64888380$fe01a8c0@pacbell.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM to v7 (from DEC's = Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using kern.flp and = mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I = cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It appears (if = I read the kernel startup configuration information correctly) that the = kernel is trying to use a serial console for the keyboard. I did (once) = receive an error about my PCXAL keyboard and scan code (0x83, I believe) = shortly after the menu was presented to me. The keyboard works fine in = the system boot menus, the boot process (I can interrupt the autoboot = and query the console value, which is set to prom) and when running = Windows NT. Trying to be smart, I hooked up a laptop running term emulation to the = serial port and while I was able to start the boot process from that, = once FreeBSD started it required me to use the console keyboard instead = (all output is sent to the console screen as well, and not to the serial = port). When I get back to the menu with the four console options the = keyboard is unresponsive and the term emulator does not appear to work. Help! john... ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Folks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM = to v7=20 (from DEC's Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using = kern.flp and=20 mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I = cannot select=20 my console type (I am given four options). It appears (if I read the = kernel=20 startup configuration information correctly) that the kernel is trying = to use a=20 serial console for the keyboard. I did (once) receive an error = about my=20 PCXAL keyboard and scan code (0x83, I believe) shortly after the menu = was=20 presented to me. The keyboard works fine in the system boot menus, the = boot=20 process (I can interrupt the autoboot and query the console value, which = is set=20 to prom) and when running Windows NT.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Trying to be smart, I hooked up a laptop running = term=20 emulation to the serial port and while I was able to start the boot = process from=20 that, once FreeBSD started it required me to use the console keyboard = instead=20 (all output is sent to the console screen as well, and not to the serial = port).=20 When I get back to the menu with the four console options the keyboard = is=20 unresponsive and the term emulator does not appear to work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Help!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>john...</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01BEC20B.B7CAE9B0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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