From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 28 03:40:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org 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 24CCE16A420 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:40:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: from mail.seekingfire.com (caliban.seekingfire.com [24.72.123.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8398943D53 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:39:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: by mail.seekingfire.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9F99F1F5; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:39:55 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:39:55 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060128033955.GJ59277@seekingfire.com> References: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> <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> <20060118213106.GB57913@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060118213106.GB57913@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-GPG-Key-ID: 828AFC7B X-GPG-Fingerprint: 5584 14BA C9EB 1524 0E68 F543 0F0A 7FBC 828A FC7B X-GPG-Key: http://www.seekingfire.com/personal/gpg_key.asc X-Urban-Legend: There is lots of hidden information in headers X-Tillman-rules: yes he does User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:40:02 -0000 On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:31:06PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote.. > > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:57:20 +0100, Wilko Bulte > > wrote: > > > > >On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:14:02AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote.. > > >> Finally had a chance to download 6.0R. It boots my 2100A fine and drops > > >> into the installer without a hitch. I was short of time, so I didn't do > > >> the install, but I thought you'd like to know that much. > > > > > >Fascinating. Now the big question is how do these 2 Lynx boxes differ? > > > > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* difference > > is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do not play well > > with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye color) because > > it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs. > > Correct, I share that experience. I've also run into that. In this case, though, the same box of media and the same burner was used to generat the beta4 and -release CDs. beta4 boots, -release doesn't. I first tested my ISO with md5 and then tried two burned CDs (in case one was faulty in some undetected fashion). It's always possible that two in a row were faulty, I s'pose. -T -- "We have been doing UNIX so long that we sometimes take it too much for granted. This column is for people who have been so immersed in non- UNIX systems, that they haven't yet advanced to the 1970's. Yes, we mean in systems like Windows and MVS." -- Jeffreys Copeland & Haemer, _SunExpert_ Feb 2000