From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Aug 27 14:33:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062DB37B424 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13TA3k-0003GF-00; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:33:44 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA03593; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:34:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:34:05 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: George Cox , mjacob@feral.com, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Server 5000 Message-ID: <20000827233405.A3566@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20000811180206.A403@trafalgar.sophos.com> <20000811182339.A39513@dragon.nuxi.com> <14761.32096.955651.763861@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i 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 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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