From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 25 14:36:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11353 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:36:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server5.singular.com (server5.singular.com [204.140.208.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11309 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:35:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from JBarbee@server5.singular.com) Received: by server5.singular.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:35:27 -0700 Message-ID: <71B40CA7B273D0119DBF080009B46D4003E15F@server5.singular.com> From: John Barbee To: "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" Subject: error when running boot disk Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:35:26 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i'm trying to run freebsd on an alpha, so i got the netbsd installation disk and it hung. i sent mail to port-alpha@netbsd.org but it seems to be an extremely quiet list. so i figured somebody here might be able to help. I rawrited a floppy and tried to boot. This is what happens VMS PAL revision ... OSF PAL rev: ... Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded Boot flags: Loading netbsd... open netbsd: No such file or directory Loading netbsd.gz 3849336+882560 [85 and then the screen blanks. the floppy is no longer being read and the computer hangs. is something supposed to happen here or am i supposed to do something. nothing i type seems to make a difference. this is an alphastation 200 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message