From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 22 5:26:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.16.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A91137B479 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:26:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:26:07 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Alpha FreeBSD' Subject: Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:26:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C05487.C487F91C" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C05487.C487F91C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I been at this for some thime now (about 2 weeks) after get everything I needed to boot this sucker up I am at this point. When I place the mfsroot disk in it seem to read it fine for a minute or so, then I get unknown error, then it seem to continue to boot and detect all the hardware, but I get the message to to manually type in the boot device and filesystem. I tried to use this: ufs:/dev/fd0 for the mfsroot disk but it tells me that there is no /sysinstall on it. So I tried to recreate the mfsroot disk? And it seems to not work at all. I tried it by using the steps in the readme(in the floppies dir) on the 4.1 CD. I get lots of error(yes I tried to format 7 different disks). I then tried to use rawrite in DOS and no luck the image would not take. Now since the kernal image took fine this leads me to ask is the a problem with the 4.1 mfsroot.flp image or I'm I really missing something!!!??? Roderick P. Person Programmer II Crystal Administrator personrp@ccbh.com How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty six different kinds of cheese? - Charles de Gaulle ------_=_NextPart_001_01C05487.C487F91C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33

I been at this for some thime now (about 2 weeks) = after get everything I needed to boot this sucker up I am at this = point.

When I place the mfsroot disk in it seem to read it = fine for a minute or so, then I get unknown error, then it seem to = continue to boot and detect all the hardware, but I get the message to = to manually type in the boot device and filesystem.

I tried to use this:
        =         ufs:/dev/fd0

for the mfsroot disk but it tells me that there is no = /sysinstall on it.

So I tried to recreate the mfsroot disk? And it seems = to not work at all. I tried it by using the steps in the readme(in the = floppies dir) on the 4.1 CD. I get lots of error(yes I tried to format = 7 different disks). I then tried to use rawrite in DOS and no luck the = image would not take.

Now since the kernal image took fine this leads me to = ask is the a problem with the 4.1 mfsroot.flp image or I'm I really = missing something!!!???

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
Crystal Administrator
personrp@ccbh.com




How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred = and forty six different kinds of cheese?
- Charles de Gaulle

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