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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:08:28 -0400 (EDT)
To: Carlos Santos <cajo@mail.pt>
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Subject: Re: Help with Alpha Server 2100A
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Carlos Santos writes:
 > Hi list.
 > 
 > I've been trying to install FreeBSD 4.3 in a Alpha Server 2100A without
 > success.
 > 
 > After all the steps of sysinstall, i get this error when booting the
 > machine for the first time :
 > 
 > Halted CPU 0
 > halt code = 2
 > Kernel stack not valid halt
 > PC = 0
 > boot failure
 > 
 > Any clue to what may be causing this ?

How far along does it get before this happens?  Is the kernel loaded?
Can you transcribe exactly what you see on the console?

Thanks,

Drew

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