Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:54:46 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: chris@bb.cc.wa.us (Chris Coleman) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Question. Message-ID: <199807152154.HAA14911@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.980715135331.13599B-100000@bb.cc.wa.us> from Chris Coleman at "Jul 15, 98 01:56:06 pm"
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Chris Coleman wrote: > I am installing NetBSD 1.3 on my alphaPc. It currently has NT on it. The > big problem is that it won't boot from the floppy. The boot loader > doesn't seem to allow it. I am sorry if this is too basic for this list, > but how do I tell it to boot from the netbsd boot floppy. It appears to > be looking for a FAT formatted partition and the floppy isn't You need to install the SRM console instead of ARC which NT uses. If there is an SRM console available for your machine, it will be available from Digital's web site. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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