Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:49 -0500 From: Paul V. Bolotoff <walter@alasir.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS Message-ID: <1556.1196435749@alasir.com>
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As much as I'm aware of, you cannot. There is a Linux trick with a small DOS partition sized at about 1Mb which is right enough for a loader (linload.exe + MILO) to fit. This is a floppy disk typically. Not the most elegant approach, but it works. However, it's the only way to make use of some Alpha hardware (AlphaBIOS only, no SRM console at all). Paul On Fri Nov 30 9:50 , 'Ruzsinszky Attila' <ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com> sent: >Hi, > >Can I start my FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS? If yes, how? >Or how can I switch back to SRM from AlphaBIOS? > >I'm on the serial console and after I started AlphaBIOS >I just can push the reset button on the machine. And if am I >far from the machine? > >TIA, >Ruzsi >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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