From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 15 11:44: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32ED637B479 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:44:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13w8TS-0001Z6-00; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:44:02 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eAF7lfk04110; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:47:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:47:41 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Marc Kaufman Cc: Matthew Jacob , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2RC1 hosed on AS1200 Message-ID: <20001115084741.B3972@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20001115080554.A2707@freebie.demon.nl> <4.2.2.20001115111706.00aee970@mailsj-v1.corp.adobe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20001115111706.00aee970@mailsj-v1.corp.adobe.com>; from marckauf@adobe.com on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:20:24AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-BETA X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:20:24AM -0800, Marc Kaufman wrote: > >> So, basically, a large number of alphas will not work in 4.X because of the > >> boot issues (which nobody really understands) and the hose stuff. Crap. > > >Yep. There are quite some 'red' machine types on www.freebsd.org/~wilko > > Should I wait around for 4.3 or just go get Linux, which does boot > on an AS1200? (I really have a preference for FreeBSD if there is > any hope) Well, if you have any way to install on another machine and carry the freshly installed disk to the AS1200 that would most likely work. It did when I tried 4.1R. Mind you: this stinks no end, I agree. W/ -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message