From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Aug 31 06:33:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA19540 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:33:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomis.simon-shapiro.org (nomis.simon-shapiro.org [209.86.126.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA19535 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:33:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 19471 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Aug 1998 14:35:00 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:35:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Face: (&r=uR0&yvh>h^ZL4"-TH61PD}/|Y'~58Z# Gz&BK'&uLAf:2wLb~L7YcWfau{;N(#LR2)\i.l8'ZqVhv~$rNx$]Om6Sv36S'\~5m/U'"i/L)&t$R0&?,)tm0l5xZ!\hZU^yMyCdt!KTcQ376cCkQ^Q_n.GH;Dd-q+ O51^+.K-1Kq?WsP9;cw-Ki+b.iY-5@3!YB5{I$h;E][Xlg*sPO61^5=:5k)JdGet,M|$"lq!1!j_>? $0Yc? Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Doug Rabson Subject: Re: Alpha Install - oops! Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug Rabson, On 30-Aug-98 you wrote: ... > I have put a GENERIC kernel up on freefall as > http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/kernel.GENERIC-300898.gz. This kernel has > root hardwired to /dev/rsd0a (because I haven't written the code to > figure > out which disk was actually booted). If you need a different root, tell > me and I'll build another. Got a problem: * First had to fibure out how to tell the NetBSD loader to load the kernel. Hint to the less initiated than I am (Last DEC cnsole I worked on was on a VAX/750): + shutdown now + umount -a + halt + AT the ``Boot >>> '' prompt, type: boot freebsd.GENERIC-980830 (or whatever) Any deviation will cause the previous kernel to boot. No prompts will be given, The Netbsd documentation is sparse or incorrect in this area. * I now have on my console: ... Jumping to entry point... NetBSD/Alpha Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9 (ross@zeta... VMS PAL rev: 0x11000000010114 OSF PAL rev: 0x10000000020116 Switch ot OSF PAL code succeeded. Boot file: freebsd.GENERIC-980830 Boot flags: a Loading freebsd.GENERIC-980830... 204492read text: Unknown error: code 0 Boot failed! Halting... halated CPU 0 ... Sounds like I need your help... Simon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message