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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2002 20:53:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Paul Halliday <dp@dove.penix.org>
To:        David Richardson <DRichardson@interbaun.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha fresh install problems
Message-ID:  <20021205205038.S64709-100000@dove.penix.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DEF4851.3C6405D0@interbaun.com>

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At a glance, your firmware is old:

V7.09, built on Mar 18 1999 at 13:41:11

seems to work fine for me. Any specific questions, just ask.


> David Richardson wrote in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc without a reply:
>
>
> >
> > I am attempting to install 4.7 on a Digital AlphaStation 200 4/233.  The
> > system crashes at the end of the first install floppy, and the system in
> > question has no working CD.  DVA0 contains the first boot floppy, the
> > three attempts from the CD are 4.7 burnt copy, known good OpenVMS
> > install cd, and a driver CD not expected to boot.  The latter two
> > attempts produce the same error.
> >
> > I'm expecting that the problem is either with the boot floppy, but this
> > seems unlikely as several different ones give the same error, or with
> > some system setting.  Is there a minimum version of the firmware that
> > needs to be on the system for 4.7 to work?  Is there some setting that
> > I've missed in reading?  Where should I look?
> >
> > Dave.
> >
> > Transcript of boot sequence follow with a coouple irelavent snips:
> >
> > ef.df.ee.ed.ec.f4.eb.ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.....e5.
> > V6.9-4, built on Oct 12 1998 at 11:22:55
> >
> > CPU 0 booting
> >
> > usage is boot <device> [-file <file>] [-flags <flags>]
> >
> > >>>b dva0
> >
> > (boot dva0.0.0.0.1)
> > block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
> > reading 14 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
> > bootstrap code read in
> > base = 1f2000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1c00
> > initializing HWRPB at 2000
> > initializing page table at 1e4000
> > initializing machine state
> > setting affinity to the primary CPU
> > jumping to bootstrap code
> > |/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/
> > -\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/Loading
> > /boot/loader
> > -\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/
> > halted CPU 0
> >
> > halt code = 2
> > kernel stack not valid halt
> > PC = 0
> > boot failure
> > >>>sh *
> > auto_action             BOOT
> > boot_dev                dva0.0.0.0.1
> > boot_file
> > boot_osflags
> > boot_reset              ON
> > bootdef_dev
> > booted_dev              dva0.0.0.0.1
> > booted_file
> > booted_osflags
> > bus_probe_algorithm     new
> > char_set                0
> > console                 serial
> > control_disfd           enable
> > control_idema           enable
> > control_irq11           scsi
> > control_irq12           mouse
> > control_scsi_term       internal
> > controlp                on
> > dump_dev
> > enable_audit            ON
> > ewa0_arp_tries          3
> > ewa0_bootp_file
> > ewa0_bootp_server
> > ewa0_bootp_tries        3
> > ewa0_def_ginetaddr      0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_def_inetaddr       0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_def_inetfile
> > ewa0_def_sinetaddr      0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_def_subnetmask     0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_ginetaddr          0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_inet_init          bootp
> > ewa0_inetaddr           0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_inetfile
> > ewa0_loop_count         3e8
> > ewa0_loop_inc           a
> > ewa0_loop_patt          ffffffff
> > ewa0_loop_size          2e
> > ewa0_lp_msg_node        1
> > ewa0_mode               Twisted-Pair
> > ewa0_protocols          MOP
> > ewa0_sinetaddr          0.0.0.0
> > ewa0_tftp_tries         3
> > kbd_hardware_type       PCXAL
> > language                36
> > language_name           English(American)
> > license                 MU
> > mopv3_boot              OFF
> > os_type                 OpenVMS
> > pal                     VMS PALcode V5.56-2, OSF PALcode X1.46-2
> > pci_parity              off
> > pka0_disconnect         1
> > pka0_fast               1
> > pka0_host_id            7
> > quick_start             OFF
> > scsi_poll               ON
> > srm2dev
> > sys_serial_num
> > tga_sync_green          2
> > timer_tps               1
> > tt_allow_login          1
> > tty_dev                 0
> > version                 V6.9-4 Oct 12 1998 11:22:55
> >
> > >>>b dka500
> > (boot dka500.5.0.6.0)
> > failed to open dka500.5.0.6.0
> > >>>
> >
> > >>>b dka500
> > (boot dka500.5.0.6.0)
> > failed to open dka500.5.0.6.0
> > >>>
> >
> > >>>b dka500
> > (boot dka500.5.0.6.0)
> > failed to open dka500.5.0.6.0
> >
> > >>>
> >
> > --
> > Microsoft:  The "Would you like fries with that" of the IT profession.
> >
> > David Richardson
> > DRichardson@interbaun.com
>
> Can anyone here answer the questions I had?  I didn't find anything when
> I was searching the archives.
>
> --
> Microsoft:  The "Would you like fries with that" of the IT profession.
>
> David Richardson
> DRichardson@interbaun.com
>
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