From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 17:11:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101BF16A4CF for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:11:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048D543FBF for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:11:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) hB71BVvq099216 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:11:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB71BUWK052970 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:11:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB71BU2u053550; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:11:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hB71BTF5053549; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:11:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:11:29 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Rob B Message-ID: <20031207011129.GZ42518@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031207114545.024cb5e0@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20031207114545.024cb5e0@127.0.0.1> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.1-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-BETA issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:11:43 -0000 On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:54:10AM +1100, Rob B wrote: > 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: > > > 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 Switch to a /boot/loader.old for recovery. You have to press space at the right time - IIRC directly after the first SRM booting message loaded from disk - to give an alternate name. > 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)? There will be no more floppies because of size issues. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de