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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:56:18 -0600
From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net>
To: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>
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Subject: Re: AlphaStation 200 4/166 5.1 install problems
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On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:50:12AM -0800, Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> This is my first time attempting to install FreeBSD on non Intel archetecture.
> 
> 	I have an AlphaStation 200 with a 4GB SCSI disk, the disk is seen correctly 
> in the boot messages, however when I try to install, I have no option to 
> partition the disk, am I missing something stupid/simple here?

Hi Darcy,

I ran in to this problem on my PC164LX. Solving it required using chmod from
SRM to make the disk writable, then using dd under FreeBSD to zero out the
first block on the disk. Alphas don't seem to like drives that don't have
SRM-friendly partition tables. Sorry I don't remember the exact commands, but
this may give you a nudge in the right direction.

Thanks,

Josh