From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Apr 23 7:10:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8416537B43C for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 07:10:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14rh3C-0006kh-00; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:10:50 +0000 To: Carlos Santos , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Alpha Server 2100A Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:10:50 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@wkb@freebie.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 161.114.88.73 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 4.3 (just out) should support AS2100A. At least it did for the AS2100A EV4 system I have here using the 4.3RC cdrom. Anything earlier than 4.3 will not run on AS2100A Wilko > Hi list... > > > This is my first post to the list. > Sorry if the subject has been in discution here, but i can't find something > to point me in the right way... > > > We have in our office an Digital Alpha Server 2100A just standing in the > corner, and i would like to make it usefull... > > > I've been engaged in a battle :-) for almost 3 weeks, trying to install > some kind of Unix in the machine, but without any success. From Linux > (several distros and versions) to NetBSD and FreeBSD (4.2 and 5.0 > development) i've tried everything and nothing... > > > FreeBSD was the one who actually started the kernel, but it hangs > afterwards... > > > I've read in the archives that the 2100A is a bit different from 2100 and > for what i've looked in the CVS, there's some code to make FreeBSD boot in > the 2100A, right ? > > > So i need someone to shed some light on me about installing FreeBSD on this > machine, is it possible ? > If needed i can post all the configuration of the machine... > > > TIA > Carlos Jorge Santos > -- > mail.pt - Um mail para todos - em http://mail.pt/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message