Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:49:52 -0700 From: "Marc Kaufman" <marckauf@Adobe.COM> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital Server 5000 Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000827194720.00afda30@mailsj-v1.corp.adobe.com> In-Reply-To: <14761.35164.770108.465419@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20000827233405.A3566@freebie.demon.nl> <20000811180206.A403@trafalgar.sophos.com> <20000811182339.A39513@dragon.nuxi.com> <14761.32096.955651.763861@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000827233405.A3566@freebie.demon.nl>
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--=====================_763556==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 05:35 PM 8/27/00 -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: >Wilko Bulte writes: > > > > > > Actually, the Digital Server 5000 is the whitebox (NT) version of > > > the AS1200 (tincup). This is the little brother of the AS4100. It > > > should "just work" once you get past the initial installation hurdles. > > > > Does that imply AS1200 should boot the 4.1 install media without problems? > > If I'm lucky I might get my hands on a AS1200 coming week. If so, I'll > give > > it a try with the 4.1R cd. > >Sorta. It means that you can think of it as a 4100 in that it will >have the same unexplained problem a 4100 has with the 4.1 media -- it >won't boot from a floppy. I don't know if a 4100 will boot from a CD >or if it will netboot. > >Drew I can tell you an AS1200 won't boot from CD. When booting from either floppy or CD, I hang just at the point I am trying to read 'kernel'. If I boot directly from the CD, I get to the 'loading kernel' message, then a long pause, then: failed to send Read to dka500.5.0.1.1 device dka500.5.0.1.1 no longer valid [multiple times] cb_open: failed SCSI 1 1 0 5 500 6000 11000, dka500.5.0.1.1 Marc Kaufman --=====================_763556==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 05:35 PM 8/27/00 -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Wilko Bulte writes:<br> > > <br> > > Actually, the Digital Server 5000 is the whitebox (NT) version of<br> > > the AS1200 (tincup). This is the little brother of the AS4100. It<br> > > should "just work" once you get past the initial installation hurdles.<br> > <br> > Does that imply AS1200 should boot the 4.1 install media without problems?<br> > If I'm lucky I might get my hands on a AS1200 coming week. If so, I'll give<br> > it a try with the 4.1R cd.<br> <br> Sorta. It means that you can think of it as a 4100 in that it will<br> have the same unexplained problem a 4100 has with the 4.1 media -- it<br> won't boot from a floppy. I don't know if a 4100 will boot from a CD<br> or if it will netboot.<br> <br> Drew</blockquote><br> I can tell you an AS1200 won't boot from CD.<br> When booting from either floppy or CD, I hang just at<br> the point I am trying to read 'kernel'.<br> <br> If I boot directly from the CD, I get to the 'loading<br> kernel' message, then a long pause, then:<br> <br> failed to send Read to dka500.5.0.1.1<br> device dka500.5.0.1.1 no longer valid [multiple times]<br> cb_open: failed SCSI 1 1 0 5 500 6000 11000, dka500.5.0.1.1<br> <br> Marc Kaufman<br> <br> <br> </html> --=====================_763556==_.ALT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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