From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 29 6:48: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E9591501D; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 06:47:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA25840; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:47:12 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id JAA56513; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:46:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:46:42 -0500 (EST) To: Mike Smith Cc: MAX@one.com.au, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199911290441.UAA01932@mass.cdrom.com> References: <199911290131.LAA18008@gw.one.com.au> <199911290441.UAA01932@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14402.36967.161979.501638@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith writes: > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > Can't open file /boot/loader > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > Your installation did not complete correctly. Try again. > > > So, how should i get the freebsd running? > > Install it correctly. It's not really very hard. If you go to the > questions list, and promise to give them more information than you've > given us, you should get the sort of help you need. This sounds a lot like what Juan E. Navarro was complaining about with a -current install onto an xp1000. I think that sysinstall might be hosed for alpha. Either that, or it is far too easy to make a mistake & inadvertantly end up with a system which will not boot. Do any of the Q/A people have alphas? > > Do we need to update the alpha station firmware ? > > It's always a good idea, but I don't think that's your problem. This is not always true. My motto is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Sometimes a firmware upgrade can hose your system totally. The latest version of the SRM firmware update CD ROM contains bogus firmware for the AlphaStation 500 which can turn your motherboard into a large paperweight. Also, you need to be careful when upgrading older 3000/400 machines to modern firmware. Some of them cannot be upgraded because the SROM chip is incompatabile with newer firmware. Again, you get a paperweight if you try. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message