Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:03:54 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Michael Chen <bd5rv@jsdxc.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more for help on digital server 5000 Message-ID: <20001206090354.D2205@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIJEPCLGNGJKJHGGMGEDBCKAA.bd5rv@jsdxc.org>; from bd5rv@jsdxc.org on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:41:57AM %2B0800 References: <NEBBIJEPCLGNGJKJHGGMGEDBCKAA.bd5rv@jsdxc.org>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:41:57AM +0800, Michael Chen wrote: > After a few minutes trying to read kernel from CDROM, it told me that > "failed to send read to dka500". Does it mean that my CDROM is not supported > by Freebsd? No, we have problems booting from CDROMs and floppies on some machines. If you can dd' boot.flp onto a hard disk, you could boot from that and do a network install. Or if you have another FreeBSD Alpha, build the system disk on it and then transplant it to this machine. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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