From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Aug 31 08:18:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03635 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:18:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from feral.com (gw100.feral.com [192.67.166.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA03619 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:18:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from localhost (mjacob@localhost) by feral.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id IAA14480; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:17:35 -0700 Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:17:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob X-Sender: mjacob@feral-gw Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Simon Shapiro cc: Doug Rabson , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Install - oops! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What hardware do you have again? Sounds like the SIO ports aren't working right. On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Doug Rabson, On 31-Aug-98 you wrote: > > ... > > > What is the filename of the kernel? If you decompress the kernel and > > put > > it in /kernel.GENERIC-980830 then you should be able to use: > > > > >>>boot -file kernel.GENERIC-980830 -flags s > > > > to attempt a boot to single-user mode. You won't manage multiuser > > without > > installing FreeBSD binaries but single-user works fine with NetBSD init > > and sh. > > I re-downloaded the kernel. It has the name ...gz, but does not appear > gzipped on this end. My problem above is caused by ncftp having too much > to drink. The file got truncated (?). > > I tried again, as per your directions, and the kernel boots but dies like > this: > > After all the kernel starts, init seems to fork and then put the message: > > ``Enter shell pathname or RETURN for SH:'' > > It outputs this string a word or so at a time, with about a second delay > between pieces. Then the system is solidly frozen. > > I am on a serial console. Could it be it somehow switches to the > (non-exising) video+keyboard? > > If so, can I plug in just any VGA card? I do not have the fancy DEC one. > Alternately, can I add to -flas ``h', so flags will be ``-flags -sh'' ? > > Sorry to bother you with these details, but I ned to get FreeBSD running to > do the FCAL and i2o ports for the 64bit DPT. The alternative is NetBSD. > > Simon > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message