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.ex= e + MILO) to fit. This is a floppy disk typically. Not the most elegant approac= h, 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> sen= t: >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"
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