Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:59:27 -0500 (EST) From: adam <adam@CoDech.PerfectGenius.Com> To: Dirk Kleinhesselink <dkleinh@phy.ucsf.EDU> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FBSD On an DEC AlphaStation/200 (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002252058440.1145-100000@CoDech.PerfectGenius.Com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1000225172427.5405A-100000@amadeus.ucsf.edu>
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Yes, i actually got this now (someone helped me on IRC) but now the question is (while im installing this ;-) will it setup so i can boot strait off hard drive, i see no options, and am just wondering how i would boot otherwise... On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Dirk Kleinhesselink wrote: > I recently tried the same thing and posted to this group. The answers I > got were: These machines have TGA cards and FreeBSD does not support the > tga (even as a text/console) and so it falls back to serial. Replace the > TGA card with some other card (non DEC card i.e. an S3 card should work > fine or the ELSA Gloria Synergy card) and try with that. Or else download > NetBSD/alpha 1.4.1 and you can run this on your AS 200... > > Dirk > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, adam wrote: > > > When I boot dka500 in console, it loads freebsd but try's to drop to > > Serial install, and cant type on keyboard, any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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