From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Aug 31 09:39:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15310 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:39:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netbsd.org (homeworld.cygnus.com [205.180.83.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA15305 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:39:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cgd@netbsd.org) Received: (qmail 23624 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Aug 1998 16:31:30 -0000 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Install - oops! References: From: cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) Date: 31 Aug 1998 09:31:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: Simon Shapiro's message of Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:35:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <87af4ljeot.fsf@netbsd1.cygnus.com> Lines: 36 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Simon Shapiro writes: > * First had to fibure out how to tell the NetBSD loader to load the kernel. > Hint to the less initiated than I am (Last DEC cnsole I worked on was on > a VAX/750): > + shutdown now > + umount -a > + halt > + AT the ``Boot >>> '' prompt, type: > boot freebsd.GENERIC-980830 (or whatever) > Any deviation will cause the previous kernel to boot. No prompts will be > given, The Netbsd documentation is sparse or incorrect in this area. All of the statements below are assuming that the '>>>' prompt you see is the SRM console prompt. Since I wrote most of the NetBSD boot block code, and a quick grep of the current sources don't indicate that any prompt like that would bit spit out by them, that seems correct. The ">>>" prompt is the SRM console prompt. It's well documented, in the manuals that should have come with your system (if your system came with SRM), or which are available on the web (if i recall correctly). Additionally, SRM supports not-extensive but usable online help. NetBSD shouldn't be documenting how the firmware, provided by somebody else entirely, works. Do you have any examples of places where the NetBSD documentation _does_ mention SRM and/or the things you tell SRM to boot, which are incorrect? cgd -- Chris Demetriou - cgd@netbsd.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion. Plug: Get your official NetBSD-1.3.2 CDROM set today! http://www.netbsd.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message