Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 15:44:29 -0400 From: System Admin <abeaupre@chemcomp.com> To: 'FreeBSD Alpha' <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Can't install on DEC Alpha 600au Message-ID: <01BFBB5F.CBB29970@sylvester>
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Hi! Please help a desperate FBSD user to get away from the grip of M$ = software! (I'm writing this in "Windows Messaging", sorry for the = inconvenience...) I'm trying to install FBSD alpha to a DEC alpha 600au (1Gb RAM, 2 SCSI = disks of 8Gb). What I did: - Installed a SRM firmware console - booted from kern.flp and mfsroot.flp disks taken from = ftp.freebsd.org/.../alpha/4.0-RELEASE/... - ran sysinstall and tried to install=20 What I got - binary distributions installed successfully - "Unable to copy /kernel into place!" On VTY2: cp: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected I get the same when I try to run some of the installed binaries via the = "emergency holographic shell" ('cause I can't get a fixit floppy to = work). I even tried to copy the kernel in place by myself ("cd /dist && echo = kernel | cpio -p /") and at boot up: ... Loading /boot/loader - halted CPU 0 halt code =3D 2 kernel stack not valid halt PC =3D 0 >>> Also, when I try to install X distributions, the box just makes a = buzzing noise and reboots after synching discs (probably a panic). I'm beginning to wonder... How can one tell apart a I386 CDROM from a = Alpha one? I got this one from a friend, and maybe he could have = downloaded the wrong image, as I could not boot straight from the CD. Anyways, if anyone can help, this would be greatly appreciated. I'm = kinda tired of running NT on these beautiful boxes.. :) Thank you. Antoine Beaupre Sys admin Chemical Computing Group To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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