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Subject: 5.2-BETA issues
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I'd like to try 5.2-BETA on my PC64, it was running 5.1-RELEASE, but when I 
cvsupped to -CURRENT and followed the build world, buildkernel, 
installkernel, reboot steps in /usr/src/UPDATING, I now get a kernel stack 
fault:

<loader loads>
FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision
(root@aylee.number6, Sun Nov 30 04:07:30 EST 2003)
Memory 131072 k
\
halted CPU 0

halt code = 2
kernel stack not valid halt
PC = 18110
boot failure

So I thought I would boot from the 5.1-RELEASE floppies (thuis machine 
doesn't have a SCSI CDROM), but they do not appear to have a valid boot 
block.  I tried several different disks, just in case.

Can I make the floppy bootable with some tool, or is it a problem with the 
build?

Will there be floppies built for 5.2-BETA (or 5.2-RELEASE for that matter)?

cheers,
Rob

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