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Date:      Sun, 06 Dec 1998 11:58:14 +0000
From:      curtis <ufkartfm@pacific.net>
To:        Mark Turpin <mturpin@saturn.spel.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD/axp - Smoothing the Edges
Message-ID:  <366A7156.C2464D51@pacific.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812061325590.5629-100000@saturn.spel.com>

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(chuckle) Thank you for pointing out the manual; but, I would trust the
firmware MORE than the Manual.

Please try this experiment from SRM:

>>>boot themanualisnotalwayscorrect
device themanualisnotalwayscorrect is invalid
usage is boot <device> [-file <file>] [-flags <flags>]
>>>

eopm, curtis

Mark Turpin wrote:
> 
> >
> > Mark Turpin wrote:
> > > I have a webpage that documents my process of installing the system. it's
> > > at http://www.mainstreettech.com/~mturpin/alpha.html
> >
> > Nice Job Mark; however, for the record, where you say:
> >
> > "To boot from the hard drive type:
> >
> >       >>> boot -flags 'a' dka0"
> >
> > Even though it will work this way, SRM wants to see it like this:
> >
> > boot dka0 -flags a    and if you boot something other than "kernel" then
> > boot dka0 -file (name) -flags a       the same is true for booting dva0.
> >
> 
>         I don't mean to be a pest, but when you type help boot from the
> SRM console it says..
> 
>         boot [-file <filename>] [-flags <longword>[,<longword>]]
>               [-protocols <enet_protocol>] [-halt]
>               [<boot_device]
> 
> As you can see boot_device comes last.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark Turpin                   |  Consulting - Training - Network Installation
> Systems Engineer              |
> Main Street Technology Centre |        http://www.MainStreetTech.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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