Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:58:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Jens Arnfast <jens@arnfast.dk> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 4100 boot/install problem Message-ID: <15219.19917.412145.909189@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.0.1.4.0.20010810000600.0303aef0@mail.arnfast.dk> References: <5.0.1.4.0.20010810000600.0303aef0@mail.arnfast.dk>
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Jens Arnfast writes: > ok.. I think we've tried it all... 4.2R boot-cd, 4.2R boot-floppies, 4.3R > boot-cd, 4.3R boot-floppies and 4.3R > "copy-boot.flp-to-the-start-of-the-disk-trick" and nothing worked ... is > there no possible way to install FreeBSD on an AlphaServer 4100 (without > installing the system on another alpha an moving the disks) ? .. please.. > don't force us into running NetBSD og *shiver* AlphaLinux :-) > > Any help appreciated 4100s and other "big iron" machines tweak a bug in the bootloader that's been used in the 4.x releases. The problem has been fixed in -current, but hasn't yet been merged back. You could grab the 5.0 kern.flp from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/5.0-20010721-CURRENT/floppies/kern.flp and replace the kernel with the one from the 4.x kern.flp Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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