From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 21 18:59:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from flashmail.com (flashmail.com [209.63.137.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B4B9157C4 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:59:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mholloway@flashmail.com) Received: from origin ([206.135.117.19]) by flashmail.com ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:59:55 -0800 Message-ID: <007b01bf049e$0350e400$0e2310ac@ORIGIN> From: "Mark Holloway" To: Subject: Alpha 300XL Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:58:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0078_01BF0463.54270520" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2918.2701 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2918.2701 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01BF0463.54270520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm sorry if this should have been directed to another FreeBSD Questions = list, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows if FreeBSD works on a DEC = Alpha 300XL machine. I believe this was the machine intended for = Windows NT ONLY. I have a DEC Alpha 500a Personal Workstation which = gives me a console screen when I first power it on. The 300XL doesn't = do that.. It goes straight into the bios testing upon bootup. I know = that Linux can load on this machine.. Basically once the Bios comes up = you go into 'setup' and you can load Lilo from floppy. I appreciate any feedback.. Regards, Mark ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01BF0463.54270520 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'm sorry if this should have been = directed to=20 another FreeBSD Questions list, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows = if=20 FreeBSD works on a DEC Alpha 300XL machine. I believe this was the = machine=20 intended for Windows NT ONLY. I have a DEC Alpha 500a Personal = Workstation=20 which gives me a console screen when I first power it on. The = 300XL=20 doesn't do that.. It goes straight into the bios testing upon = bootup. I=20 know that Linux can load on this machine.. Basically once the Bios comes = up you=20 go into 'setup' and you can load Lilo from floppy.

I appreciate any = feedback..

Regards,

Mark

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