Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:12:33 +0100 From: "Anders Rimmer" <anders@rimmerdk.com> To: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.2 on my AlphaServer 1000 hangs... Message-ID: <000a01c09865$907c54c0$0200000a@terminal1>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0986D.F16C55C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone! I have recently purchased an AlphaServer 1000 5/300 with a total of 256 = megs of ram and 4x4.3 GB UW disks, CDROM-drive and a tape streamer. Now, I wanted only the best, so I decided to install FreeBSD 4.2 on the = beast, also 'coz I am purchasing another Alpha (600au) soon, which also = needs some installing. Well, the problem is, that when I type "boot dka600" in the srm console = (where dka600 is my scsi cdrom), FreeBSD boots, only to hang at "waiting = 15 seconds for scsi devices to settle"... What the h*** is going on? The scsi controllers are the 53c810 embedded on the mobo, where the = cdrom and tape streamer are installed, as scsi device 6 and 4 = respectively. Also, I have purchased a Symbios 53c875e pci card, and = some evedently matching cables from compaq, facilitating UW support on = the backpane (suposedly). I have no clue as to wheather this is a problem due to dual scsi = controllers, the cables from compaq not matching, the UW disks, my brain = or something completly third. System at a glance (for the visualy impared *S*): AlphaServer 1000 5/300 (not 1000a!) 256 megs of EDO ram (non ecc, 16x16meg modules) 4x4.3 UW rz29 disks Toshiba scsi cdrom IBM/Archive DAT DDS2 streamer Symbios 53x810 (embedded) Symbios 53x875e pci UW please advice, as I am somewhat frustrated over the whole she'bang! best regards, Anders Rimmer, Denmark PS. Please include email reply, as I am not yet a regular subscriber to = this list. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0986D.F16C55C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3103.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Everyone!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have recently purchased an = AlphaServer 1000 5/300=20 with a total of 256 megs of ram and 4x4.3 GB UW disks, CDROM-drive and a = tape=20 streamer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now, I wanted only the best, so I = decided to=20 install FreeBSD 4.2 on the beast, also 'coz I am purchasing another = Alpha=20 (600au) soon, which also needs some installing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, the problem is, that when I type = "boot=20 dka600" in the srm console (where dka600 is my scsi cdrom), FreeBSD = boots, only=20 to hang at "waiting 15 seconds for scsi devices to = settle"...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What the h*** is going on?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The scsi controllers are the 53c810 = embedded on the=20 mobo, where the cdrom and tape streamer are installed, as scsi device 6 = and 4=20 respectively. Also, I have purchased a Symbios 53c875e pci card, and = some=20 evedently matching cables from compaq, facilitating UW support on the = backpane=20 (suposedly).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have no clue as to wheather this is a = problem due=20 to dual scsi controllers, the cables from compaq not matching, the = UW=20 disks, my brain or something completly third.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>System at a glance (for the visualy = impared=20 *S*):</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>AlphaServer 1000 5/300 (not = 1000a!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>256 megs of EDO ram (non ecc, 16x16meg=20 modules)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4x4.3 UW rz29 disks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Toshiba scsi cdrom</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IBM/Archive DAT DDS2 = streamer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Symbios 53x810 (embedded)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Symbios 53x875e pci UW</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>please advice, as I am somewhat = frustrated over the=20 whole she'bang!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>best regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anders Rimmer, Denmark</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS. Please include email reply, as I am = not yet a=20 regular subscriber to this list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C0986D.F16C55C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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