Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:48:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Matteo Bernardini <matteo@ing.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems in installing on a DEC 500a Message-ID: <15118.21680.485337.439827@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <3B0EADEA.E17877B8@ing.unipi.it> References: <3B0EADEA.E17877B8@ing.unipi.it>
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Matteo Bernardini writes: > Sorry for bothering you... > > I got a Digital Personal Workstation 500a in which I have to install > freebsd. > I upgraded the firmware to 7.2, the latest one, and I have booted the > installation floppy and the cd-rom for release 4.3: it actually starts > to load the kernel and then I got a message > "Expected 1, not 4 program headers" (that looks like an elf problem) > and it quits. > I'm booting from milo and at the command line I write > boot fd0:kernel.gz > boot hda:kernel > If I try to boot from Alphabios it keeps looking for kernel on the first > partition of the harddisk (SCSI) > Am I doing something wrong? Yes, you cannot boot FreeBSD from Milo. You must boot from SRM. Switch your machine to the SRM console & then try the install. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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