Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:02:39 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com> Cc: andrew@python.shoal.net.au, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD on a DECpc AXP 150 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909141000550.333-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199909132244.PAA17557@random.teraflop.com>
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Ross Harvey wrote: > > From: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au> > > > > I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I have searched the archives > > and can't find an answer. > > > > How do I install FreeBSD on my AXP150? I have a working boot diskette that > > I have tested on another box and FreeBSD 3.2. > > I've been told that this model alpha won't boot from the diskette, I've > > tried boot dva0 but just get a message "?84 fail". > > > > Any suggestions? > > Andrew Perry > > > > ps: please include me in the responses as I am not subscribed to the list. > > > > Oh my, you have a Jensen, and right, SRM for some wierd reason can't boot > from a floppy on that thing, so you have to jump through some hoops to load > a kernel. > > However, NetBSD didn't (and doesn't) support the Jensen, so there was no > platform-specific code for FreeBSD to import... I hope you are not trying to imply that we can't write our own platform-specific code... Anyway, Ross is correct. We don't support the Jensen and currently I have no plans to support it since I am unlikely to ever get access to the hardware. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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