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Date:      Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:04:31 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "bob@Moronco.net" <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net>
Cc:        "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Wit's end (AS250 installation issues)
Message-ID:  <20020210230431.A6323@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <3C66EFEB.7E8545CE@bellatlantic.net>; from sfmc68@bellatlantic.net on Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 05:10:51PM -0500
References:  <20010614203233.Y33392-100000@ashburn.skiltech.com> <3C66EFEB.7E8545CE@bellatlantic.net>

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On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 05:10:51PM -0500, bob@Moronco.net wrote:

What does the output of SHOW CONSOLE at the >>> SRM prompt tell you?

It can either be SERIAL or GRAPHICS, in case you are using a keyboard/VGA
config you need to set the variable using >>> SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS

Wilko

> Wade,
> going thru the archives, I am looking for info on installing on 250s.
> I have two that work fine that I want to put 4.4 on.  My question is 
> what terminal did you use for the install?
> I get thru the installation boot up and to the point of selecting 
> a terminal.  I get the choice menu, and am unable to input a character
> using the standard keyboard, mouse, and video.  What did you use
> as a terminal for the install?
> ANy hints?
> 
> thanks
> bob
> 
> "H. Wade Minter" wrote:
> > 
> > I'm stuck on a problem, and hopefully some of the more-experienced Alpha
> > folk here can help.
> > 
> > I've come into an AlphaStation 250 4/266, and would like to run FreeBSD on
> > it.  It's got two SCSI disks in it, that show up as DKA0 and DKA300 in the
> > SRM BIOS, and a CD at DKA400.
> > 
> > With the 4.3-RELEASE Alpha ISO image, I can "boot DKA400" and get into the
> > installer.  The install goes great, I make my filesystem on the DKA300
> > disk, and install away.  After the installer is finished, the system halts
> > back to the >>> prompt.  Here's where it gets frustrating.
> > 
> > When I do "boot DKA300" from the SRM BIOS, it finds a valid boot block,
> > loads it, tries to load /boot/loader, and then dies with a "can't find
> > /boot/loader" error.
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong here?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Wade
> > 
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