From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jul 17 00:45:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01628 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:45:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.alfalaval.com ([195.67.69.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA01623 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:45:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com) From: nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com Message-Id: Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 9:46:57 +0100 To: chris@bb.cc.wa.us Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Basic Question. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: TFS Gateway /222000000/222021090/222003282/222200373/ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id AAA01624 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hmm... lets see... how are you booting netbsd/alpha? using the boot floppy for netbsd 1.3.2/alpha? give us a few more details. and as with all floppy disks i would try grabbing a new one, formating it and dd'ing the image again... i have had many a headache due to bad floppies.. -- Nick ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Basic Question. Author: MIME:chris@bb.cc.wa.us at INTERNETALFALAVAL Date: 1998-07-17 04:18 Ha! I figured it out. I had to do the bios update in the alpha bios and then type update fw -path srm_fw and it worked. Now I am booting Netbsd/Alpha.... Loading boot: unknown executable format Boot failed! Halting... halt code = 5 HALT instruction executed PC=20004040 >>>> Well, I am getting closer. Christopher J. Coleman (whyareyou@lookingforme.com) Computer Support Analyst I (509)-762-6341 FreeBSD Book Project: http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message