From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Sep 26 15:41:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C54937B401; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB5343E6A; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:41:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g8QMflra015731; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:41:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g8QMflGY015730; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:41:47 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:41:47 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, bmah@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Now is the time to test 4.7-RC on your Alphas.. Message-ID: <20020927004147.A15708@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020926170429.A14342@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:08:45AM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:08:45AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 26-Sep-2002 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > It is that time again: please check if the 4.7-RC work on your > > particular Alpha box. I have not yet seen (but might have missed them..) > > .ISO for the Alpha but you can at least check if 4.7-RC builds / runs > > on your own machine already. > > > > tnx > > Wilko > > (parttime re-alpha@) > > 4.7-RC1 has been on ftp.freebsd.org for quite some time now. RC2 is > building atm. RC1 doesn't have any packages though. It also has > an FTP install available. I'll try and make sure the RC2 announce > is bcc'd to alpha and not just -stable. BTW: it seems we need an entry in the 4.7 relnotes that floppy access on Tsunami based Alphas is (still) broken: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 4.7-RC (DS10) #2: Wed Sep 25 23:54:17 CEST 2002 You have new mail. ds10#mdir bash: mdir: command not found ds10#fdformat /dev/fd0.1440 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0.1440'? (y/n): y Processing EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE done. Errors encountered: Cyl Head Sect Error 0 0 1 no data (sector not found) 0 1 1 no data (sector not found) 1 0 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 1 1 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 2 0 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 2 1 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 3 0 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 3 1 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 4 0 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) 4 1 1 wrong cylinder (format mismatch) (Further errors not printed.) Anyone with a non-DS10 Tsunami based box tried this recently? -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message