From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Sep 4 18: 7:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from annuminas.tusculum.edu (tusculum.edu [206.228.254.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0FFE15051 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 1999 18:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmachi@tusculum.edu) Received: from localhost (dmachi@localhost) by annuminas.tusculum.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA29862; Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:09:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:09:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Dustin Machi To: Erik Moe Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multia Install In-Reply-To: <001301bef710$c4745bd0$3aea5e18@zymurgy.mmcable.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As this is the problem I had, I know the solution. Its working fine, just just to the serial console. before booting dva0, do set console graphics. Dustin On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Erik Moe wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD/Alpha-3.2-RELEASE on a Multia: > > >>>boot dva0 > (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0 ) > block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block > reading 14 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1 > bootstrap code read in > base = 154000, image_start =0, image_bytes = 1c000 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > initializing page table at 146000 > initializing machine state > setting affinity to the primary CPU > jumping to bootstrap code > > At which point the Multia promptly hangs with the floppy drive spinning. > The "version" string displayed when I boot is "BL3 X3.5-72 Nov 30 1994 > 18:22:35. > > Any suggestions? > > I have successfully installed Redhat 5.2 on this machine, but would rather > run FreeBSD. > > Erik Moe > emoe@mmcable.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message