From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Mar 25 13:56:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A9837B41F for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:55:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2PLtll00921; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:55:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:55:47 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Scott Sipe Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Build Message-ID: <20020325225547.A899@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200203252124.g2PLOiw39838@rahl.dorm.duke.edu> <20020325224557.A776@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200203252149.g2PLnUd39882@rahl.dorm.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200203252149.g2PLnUd39882@rahl.dorm.duke.edu>; from cscotts@mindspring.com on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:49:30PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:49:30PM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote: > On Monday 25 March 2002 16:45, you wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:24:44PM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote: > > > There are 4 AlphaStation 600's from which I could pick, 2 of them have > > > 'TGA graphics cards', 2 have "normal" graphics cards and "can run X." > > >  Seeing as right now I know next to nothing about Alpha's, would it be > > > better to pick one or the other, or, would one or the other be better for > > > freeBSD testing? > > > > 'normal' graphics card is slightly non-descriptive I'm afraid ;) > > > > Can you get a SHOW CONF & SHOW DEV from all machines? Just hook up a serial > > port of a PC (or terminal) to serial port #1 of the Allpha (9600N81) > > and look for the >>> prompt before entering the command. > > > > SHOW CONF will give you all info on the box. CPU speed, memory, > > expansion boards etc. SHOW DEVICES will give you the peripherals > > > > Wilko > > I really can't I don't think, unfortunately. These computers as I understand > are sitting somewhere in a closet in my school's CS department. I'll see > what I can do though. I'll probably try to take a look at them tomorrow or > something. Well, whatever you can find out about them will probably help us help you. You want: the one with the most memory. Generally a cheap, simple PCI VGA card will do it in case you end up with an oddball display adapter. Disks are also handy, as is a working CD drive. And I forgot: don't connect a keyboard, that should make the console default to serial. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message