From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Aug 27 14:41:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA6037B42C for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13TABX-0003Om-00; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:41:47 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA03702; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:42:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:42:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: George Cox , mjacob@feral.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital Server 5000 Message-ID: <20000827234204.A3688@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20000811180206.A403@trafalgar.sophos.com> <20000811182339.A39513@dragon.nuxi.com> <14761.32096.955651.763861@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000827233405.A3566@freebie.demon.nl> <14761.35164.770108.465419@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <14761.35164.770108.465419@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 05:35:57PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 05:35:57PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Wilko Bulte writes: > > > > > > Actually, the Digital Server 5000 is the whitebox (NT) version of > > > the AS1200 (tincup). This is the little brother of the AS4100. It > > > should "just work" once you get past the initial installation hurdles. > > > > Does that imply AS1200 should boot the 4.1 install media without problems? > > If I'm lucky I might get my hands on a AS1200 coming week. If so, I'll give > > it a try with the 4.1R cd. > > Sorta. It means that you can think of it as a 4100 in that it will > have the same unexplained problem a 4100 has with the 4.1 media -- it > won't boot from a floppy. I don't know if a 4100 will boot from a CD > or if it will netboot. Have not tried netboot. Floppy failed IIRC. AS1200 seems to have 'memory holes' but I need to read-up on docs. AS4100 does not have that problem (??). Anyway, hope to report some experiences this week. W/ -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message