Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:20:55 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: System Admin <abeaupre@chemcomp.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD Alpha'" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't install on DEC Alpha 600au Message-ID: <200005112320.QAA01740@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 2000 15:44:29 EDT." <01BFBB5F.CBB29970@sylvester>
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> I'm trying to install FBSD alpha to a DEC alpha 600au (1Gb RAM, 2 SCSI =
disks of 8Gb).
=2E..
> cp: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
You have attempted to install i386 FreeBSD onto an Alpha. Doesn't work =
very well.
Note that if you have the correct ISO image, the CDROM itself will boot =
on the Alpha. If it doesn't, you've got a good indication that you're =
mismatched.
-- =
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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