Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:37:12 +0100 From: Alex Collins <afc@demon.net> To: "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netboot on a multia system Message-ID: <H41JMeAYQeu3Ew25@afc.support.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu> References: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>
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In message <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>, David E. Cross <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> writes >I picked up one of those "free" multia systems. I am having >some difficulty in getting it to netboot. The problem that I have is >that it tftp's the boot file, prints some stuff on the screen, and then >almost immediately reboots. the Ethernet adapter in the machine is >referred to as "ewa0" any ideas? > Hi there. The Mulita won't Network Boot. - The console is " Broke " and to my knowledge there is no fix available. You will need to find a floppy drive from an old Laptop machine, or it is possible to boot from ARC into the CD-ROM. I have never tried this from SRM. From ARC - Select " run a program " You could also install NT onto a minimal partition, and create a ~ 5 MB FAT partition and then DD the floppy images to there. I strongly recommend upgrading the SRM console. the updates can be found at ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/interim/udb/ Good Luck - they are nice machines to work on. My web page ramblings http://www.par64.com/multia/ may also be of use. Good luck - the Multias are surprisingly good at some things, but very slow at others. -- Alex Collins "Do I have to Register Firm Ware!" Dean Rolfe 24-07-99 Demon Internet afc@demon.net helpdesk@demon.net www.demon.net Frontline Support 0845 2722 444 Fax 0181 371 1168 Sales 0845 2722 666 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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