From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jul 15 17:01:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08561 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:01:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tarsier.ca.sandia.gov (tarsier.ca.sandia.gov [146.246.246.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08555 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cc@tarsier.ca.sandia.gov) Received: from tarsier.ca.sandia.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tarsier.ca.sandia.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA28686; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:01:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cc@tarsier.ca.sandia.gov) Message-Id: <199807160001.RAA28686@tarsier.ca.sandia.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Birrell Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Question. In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:54:46 +1000." <199807152154.HAA14911@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:01:50 -0700 From: "Chris Csanady" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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. if you have trouble navigating their terrible web sight, look at: ftp.digital.com:/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.2/alphapc164* chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message