From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu May 11 16:20:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5D637B63C for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 16:20:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA01740; Thu, 11 May 2000 16:20:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005112320.QAA01740@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: System Admin Cc: "'FreeBSD Alpha'" Subject: Re: Can't install on DEC Alpha 600au In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 2000 15:44:29 EDT." <01BFBB5F.CBB29970@sylvester> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:20:55 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message