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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:02:59 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        David Richardson <DRichardson@interbaun.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha fresh install problems
Message-ID:  <20021205220258.B10600@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <15855.44915.670272.262170@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:56:35PM -0500
References:  <3DE4CE61.3628B9BC@interbaun.com> <3DEF4851.3C6405D0@interbaun.com> <15855.44915.670272.262170@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:56:35PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> 
> David Richardson writes:
> 
>  > 
>  > Can anyone here answer the questions I had?  I didn't find anything when
>  > I was searching the archives.
> 
> Sounds newer versions of  the boot loader are broken on old hardware
> like yours.

I'm pretty sure (99%) that I tested 4.7 boot from CD on the AS200/233 at
work. That worked fine. I did not test floppy booting at all (ENOTIME)

> I'd try minimally installing an older release (4.5, 4.6) and see if
> that works.  If so, then do a binary upgrade to 4.7, but save your
> working 4.5 or 4.6 bootloader and copy it back into place before the
> installer reboots the system.
> 
> Drew
> 
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