From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Mar 3 15:12:27 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 9945E37B718 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:12:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 14ZLCI-0003Nt-00; Sat, 03 Mar 2001 23:12:22 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f23NDxi14311; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:13:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:13:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: Oliver Lehmann , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 on AlphaPC 164LX Message-ID: <20010304001359.B14269@freebie.demon.nl> References: <13872.983652826@www13.gmx.net> <15009.29355.378253.970478@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <15009.29355.378253.970478@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 05:39:39PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 05:39:39PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Oliver Lehmann writes: > > >>>boot dva0 > > (boot dva0.0.0.0.0 -flags 0) > > block 0 af dva0.0.0.0.0 is a valif boot block reading 15 blocks from > > dva0.0.0.0.0 bootstrap code read in base = 560000, image_start=0, > > image_bytes = 1e00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at > > ff56000 initializing machin state setting affinity to the primary VPU > > jumping to bootstrap code > > > > And the System stops... > > This is the classic symptom of having your console pointed at the > wrong device. FreeBSD is actually booting, but you can't see it, > since you're not looking at the currently defined system console. The > SRM console gives you enough feedback through a non-console input > device to lull you into thinking you have the console setting correct. > > If you're using a serial console, make sure you're connected to COM1 > and you've told the srm console you're using a serial console via this > command at the SRM prompt: > > >>> set console serial > > If you're using a graphics console with keyboard and mouse, make sure > you tell the SRM console to use it rather than the serial console via > this command from the SRM prompt: > > >>> set console graphics > > After issuing one of those commands, make sure you power-cycle the box > or do a hard reset. When the machine re-inits, you should notice the > POST process is much more verbose. > > This is a FAQ. Too bad we don't have an FAQ to refer people to.. We do have HARDWARE.TXT. I'm not to sure if I list this for the LX, but it is definetely mentioned for other alpha models. -- | / 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