From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 07:49:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF98916A422 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:49:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD78843D46 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:49:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1S7ncFa024554; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:49:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1S7ncJX039222; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:49:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k1S7nca9039221; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:49:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:49:37 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Russell Howe Message-ID: <20060228074937.GB39184@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060227231802.8883.qmail@igel.cyberlink.ch> <20060228020917.GA2778@xiao.rsnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060228020917.GA2778@xiao.rsnet> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEC 500a X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:49:52 -0000 On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:09:17AM +0000, Russell Howe wrote.. > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:18:02AM +0100, Ulrich wrote: > > Hi Pete (and to all kind readers/helpers) > > > > have you been able to solve your problem of booting Release 5.4 on your > > Alpha 500a? > > > > I'm asking because I encountered probably the same problem on more or less > > the same type of machine (Miata). > > > > I'm booting with floppy, in fact with the 5 floppies I've prepared. > > It goes smoothly until it is booting the kernel. > > It eventually reports > > > > ... > > pci0: at device 11.0 (no driver attached) > > pci0: at device 12.0 (no driver attached) > > > > halted CPU 0 > > Apparently there's some firmware module you need to load for the SCSI Do you mean ispfw.ko? > chipset. I haven't got details handy, but I think that should get 5.4 > booted. 6.0 still isn't booting for me, but that's something else and I > haven't had chance to try different versions etc yet. > > -- > Russell Howe | Why be just another cog in the machine, > rhowe@siksai.co.uk | when you can be the spanner in the works? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org