From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 26 4:22: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D816637B4CF for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 1400od-00075q-00 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:21:55 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eAQCL1P70020; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:21:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:21:01 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: snerfu Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting fbsd with the alpha milo loader? Message-ID: <20001126132101.D69910@freebie.demon.nl> References: <3A20D7C8.FB5D7670@micahtek.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3A20D7C8.FB5D7670@micahtek.com>; from snerfu@micahtek.com on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:28:40AM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:28:40AM -0600, snerfu wrote: > I was wondering if it is possible to boot fbsd with the alpha milo > loader. I have an alpha XL 300 which doesnt seem to support anything but > > arc firmware with no upgrade. My only chance is to try and get fbsd to > run on the milo loader that i used with the arc firmware. if you can > find out anything, please let me know...thanks alot. *BSD currently need the OSF1/Tru64 PALcode. This palcode is part of SRM, and not of ARC. Linux brings its own PALcode, based on EvalBoard PALcode which dates back to the early days of Alpha. This PALcode does not work for BSD. Read up on the mailinglist archives, this is a FAQ. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message