Date: 21 Oct 1998 13:50:35 -0000 From: mark thompson <thompson@gateway.tgsoft.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: alphastation 200 Message-ID: <19981021135035.1634.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com>
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Please forgive me bothering you, as I know you are deep in porting work,
but... I am having some problems with my alphastation 200 on which I
hope to install FreeBSD - and since I don't have another one to compare
it with, i don't know if this is normal...
This is what I get when I boot the netbsd floppy:
>>>b dva0
(boot dva0.0.0.0.1)
block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
reading 15 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
bootstrap code read in
base = 13a000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 12c000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
NetBSD/Alpha Primary Boot
Jumping to entry point...
NetBSD/Alpha Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
(cgd@notunix, Mon May 11 02:03:30 PDT 1998)
VMS PAL revision: 0x1000000010538
OSF PAL rev: 0x100000002012e
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.
[blah blah blah]
root on md0a dumps on md0b
WARNING: clock gained 162 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C
mount_kernfs: : Operation not supported by device
Welcome to the NetBSD 1.3.2 installation floppy.
enter "install" to install NetBSD,
"upgrade" to upgrade an existing NetBSD system,
or "shell" for a shell prompt.
your choice? install <--- serious oddness begins
Sorry, install isn't valid.
enter "install" to install NetBSD,
"upgrade" to upgrade an existing NetBSD system,
or "shell" for a shell prompt.
your choice? upgrade
Sorry, upgrade isn't valid.
enter "install" to install NetBSD,
"upgrade" to upgrade an existing NetBSD system,
or "shell" for a shell prompt.
your choice? shell
Sorry, shell isn't valid.
enter "install" to install NetBSD,
"upgrade" to upgrade an existing NetBSD system,
or "shell" for a shell prompt.
your choice? ^\uid 0 on /: file system full <--- typed ^\ in frustration
Quit
# echo
echo: not found
# halt
halt: not found
My machine has a serial console (no graphics card installed). The boot
ROM doesn't seem quite right either:
V6.2-2, built on Aug 7 1996 at 11:55:31
>>>boot xxx
boot: No such command
>>>show xxx
show: No such command
>>>help
help: No such command
>>>sh m
16 Meg of System Memory
Bank 0 = 16 Mbytes(8 MB Per Simm) Starting at 0x0
Bank 1 = No Memory Detected
Bank 2 = No Memory Detected
Flash ROM0 Mfr - AMD
Flash ROM1 Mfr - AMD
Flash ROM2 Mfr - AMD
Flash ROM3 Mfr - AMD
>>>sh e
Avanti System Machine Check Through Vector 00000660
logout frame address 0x6048 code 0x10000020c
IPRs:
EXC_ADD:0000000000065A3A ICCSR: 000044F800000004 HIER: 00000000000000C0
HIRR: 0000000000000000 MM_CSR: 0000000000005100 DC_STAT:0000000000000003
DC_ADDR:00000007FFFFFFFF BIU_STAT:0000000000002041 BIU_ADD:000000002002AD78
...etc.
So my question... is this broken? Is it likely a memory problem? Do I
need a different console?
-mark
--
Same thing we do every night, Pinky...
-mark <thompson@tgsoft.com>
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