Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:00:54 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Paul Baughman <phb1@psulias.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? Message-ID: <20060130170054.GA98578@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20060130105119.064bc870@psulias.psu.edu> References: <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060114155126.GQ53216@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060116070710.02c64ea0@psulias.psu.edu> <20060116145719.GB29044@freebie.xs4all.nl> <6.2.1.2.2.20060125094638.02ae5d18@psulias.psu.edu> <20060126190538.GA53274@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060128033801.GI59277@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060130105119.064bc870@psulias.psu.edu>
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:10:04AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote.. > As a non-hardware/firmware/kernel guy, I'm possibly just blowing > smoke, but could the SRM or PALcode version differences cause this? Of > course, I'm not willing to 'upgrade' to a non-working configuration unless > someone can give me assurance that I can get back, and explicit directions > on how to do so...:) You can load a different version from SRM plus PALcode. Both up and downgrades will work. I have sofar not seen showstoppers with SRM on FreeBSD. We did have that with Tru64 etc, no surprise really, as SRM/PAL upgrades are done for a reason and not for the sake of it. > Also, if Tillman is willing, we could exchange media and see if each > other's media will boot the opposite machine. That might either eliminate > or confirm a bad media issue. Tillman: if you are interested, contact me > offline: phb1@psu.edu > > Paul > > At 10:38 PM 1/27/2006, Tillman Hodgson wrote: > >On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:05:38PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 10:33:53AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote.. > >> > Wilko, > >> > > >> > Sorry for the delay. > >> > > >> > Here is a link to the SHOW CONF from my Lynx machine that boots the > >6.0R > >> > CD. > >> > http://www.personal.psu.edu/~phb1/AS2100A-1.txt > >> > > >> > If there is anything else I can provide that might help out, let me > >know. > >> > >> Well, you have a typical Lynx config here. An EV5 based box. A > >> KZPSC / Mylex DAC960 backplane raid card. A (useless to FreeBSD) KZPSA > >> fast-wide-differential SCSI HBA, probably had an external RAIDbox on it > >> at some point. And a FastEthernet NIC, the DE500. > >> > >> The question now is what config the non-booting Lynx had. > > > >My apologies for the delay -- I've now strung a 50 foot serial line out > >to the garage where the 2100A now lives. > > > >P00>>>show dev > >dka0.0.0.2001.0 DKA0 SEAGATE ST32550W 8104 > >dka600.6.0.2001.0 DKA600 RRD45 1645 > >dra0.0.0.2007.0 DRA0 5 Member RAID 5 > >dva0.0.0.1000.0 DVA0 RX26/RX23 > >ewa0.0.0.2008.0 EWA0 00-00-F8-1E-E2-C1 > >pka0.7.0.2001.0 PKA0 SCSI Bus ID 7 > >pkb0.7.0.7.0 PKB0 SCSI Bus ID 7 R01 A12 > > > >P00>>>sho conf > > Digital Equipment Corporation > > AlphaServer 2100A 4/233 > > > >SRM Console V5.3-10 VMS PALcode V5.56-7, OSF PALcode > >V1.45-12 > > > >Component Status Module ID > >CPU 0 P B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2 > >CPU 1 P B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2 > >CPU 2 P B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2 > >CPU 3 P B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2 > >Memory 2 P B2022-FA 512 MB > >I/O B2222-AA > > dva0.0.0.1000.0 RX26/RX23 > > > > Slot Option Hose 0, Bus 0, PCI > > 2 Intel 82375 Bridge to Bus 1, > > EISA > > 3 DECchip 21050-AA Bridge to Bus 2, > > PCI > > 6 S3 Trio64/Trio32 > > 7 DEC KZPSA pkb0.7.0.7.0 SCSI Bus ID 7 > > > > Slot Option Hose 0, Bus 1, EISA > > > > Slot Option Hose 0, Bus 2, PCI > > 1 NCR 53C810 pka0.7.0.2001.0 SCSI Bus ID 7 > > dka0.0.0.2001.0 SEAGATE ST32550W > > dka600.6.0.2001.0 RRD45 > > 7 Mylex DAC960 dra.0.0.2007.0 > > dra0.0.0.2007.0 5 Member RAID 5 > > 8 DE500-AA Network Con ewa0.0.0.2008.0 00-00-F8-1E-E2-C1 > > > >(I removed the SCSI card for the DLT library a few months ago). > > > >-T > > > > > >-- > >"Like someone who falls into a river, people will clutch at anything to > > stay afloat. The truth is, you can swim." > > -- Robert Allen > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ----- > Paul Baughman > Digital Library Technologies > 814-865-1818 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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