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From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
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To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc: Jens Arnfast <jens@arnfast.dk>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: AlphaServer 4100 boot/install problem
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

>
> Jens Arnfast writes:
>  > ok.. I think we've tried it all... 4.2R boot-cd, 4.2R boot-floppies, 4.3R
>  > boot-cd, 4.3R boot-floppies and 4.3R
>  > "copy-boot.flp-to-the-start-of-the-disk-trick" and nothing worked ... is
>  > there no possible way to install FreeBSD on an AlphaServer 4100 (without
>  > installing the system on another alpha an moving the disks) ? .. please..
>  > don't force us into running NetBSD og *shiver* AlphaLinux :-)
>  >
>  > Any help appreciated
>
> 4100s and other "big iron" machines tweak a bug in the bootloader
> that's been used in the 4.x releases.  The problem has been fixed in
> -current, but hasn't yet been merged back.

Drew- we actually did merge it back - it's in the 4.4 RC series.


>
> You could grab the 5.0 kern.flp from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/5.0-20010721-CURRENT/floppies/kern.flp
> and replace the kernel with the one from the 4.x kern.flp
>
>
>
> Drew
>
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