From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 18:11:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4022316A41F for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:11:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9458A43D46 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:11:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0AIB60w042140; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0AIB5kb023678; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k0AIB56I023677; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:05 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Tillman Hodgson Message-ID: <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060107232833.GA53165@seekingfire.com> <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:11:09 -0000 On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 08:58:45AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote.. > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 10:13:46AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 05:36:06PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote.. > > > > > What are other folks doing with their 2100As these days? > > > > Scrap them? I was offered one recently but politely declined :) > > Ack, not what I was expecting :-) Well, I have limited space at home. 3 Alphas now, and that is enough. > OpenVMS isn't of interest to me, I have vaxen for that ;-) I have a mVAXII, running Ultrix-11 ;) > I've also looked at the $99 Tru64 "non-commerical" license. But it's > only of mild interest -- tying this box into my FreeBSD 6/7 network > would have made the hardware differences trasparent. > > Does 4.x boot on the 2100A? Reading the archives I came a cross a few > references to that. It is a long time ago I tried it, our 2100A has gone away years ago. So you would need to find someone who has recently tried one. But I am still puzzled the 2100A did not even attempt to boot. Have you verified the CDR on another Alpha? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org