Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:34:05 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: George Cox <gjvc@sophos.com>, mjacob@feral.com, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Server 5000 Message-ID: <20000827233405.A3566@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <14761.32096.955651.763861@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 04:47:38PM -0400 References: <20000811180206.A403@trafalgar.sophos.com> <20000811182339.A39513@dragon.nuxi.com> <14761.32096.955651.763861@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 04:47:38PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > David O'Brien writes: > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 06:02:06PM +0100, George Cox wrote: > > > I have tried booting with a 4.1-RELEASE alpha boot floppy, and it got as > > > far as loading /boot/loader, but got stuck (the spinny thing stopped) > > > while loading the kernel. > > > > This is exactly the same experience one gets trying to install FreeBSD on > > a 4100. If possible, install FreeBSD on a disk using another Alpha, and > > transfer the disk back to the 5000. I'm sure it won't just work as we > > won't identify the machine in the HW dependant bits of /sys/alpha/. BUT > > you will probably get farther. In a month or so, we could probably get > > this supported if you are willing to give on of the Alpha developers a > > serial console on the 5000. > > Actually, the Digital Server 5000 is the whitebox (NT) version of > the AS1200 (tincup). This is the little brother of the AS4100. It > should "just work" once you get past the initial installation hurdles. Does that imply AS1200 should boot the 4.1 install media without problems? If I'm lucky I might get my hands on a AS1200 coming week. If so, I'll give it a try with the 4.1R cd. W/ -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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