Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:02:06 +0100 From: George Cox <gjvc@sophos.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Digital Server 5000 Message-ID: <20000811180206.A403@trafalgar.sophos.com>
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G'day everyone,
I have a Digital Server 5000 here. It's a real beast. It's got a 1GB
memory, 2 500 MHz processors, Mylex RAID controller, and shedloads of disc
space. I'd like to put FreeBSD on it (obviously) but it would appear that
compatibility-wise, the signs are not good. :-(
The SRM console says:
DIGITAL Server 5000 Model 5305 6533A Console V5.8-2 26-Jul-2000 16:19:04
I have tried booting with a 4.1-RELEASE alpha boot floppy, and it got as
far as loading /boot/loader, but got stuck (the spinny thing stopped)
while loading the kernel. The boot messages go something like this:
block0 of dva.0.0.0.1000.0
bootstrap code read in
Building FRU table
base=200000, image_start=0, image_bytes=1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing pagetable at 1f2000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
loading /boot/loader
Console: SRM firmware console
VMS PAL rev: 0x4000200010115
OSF PAL rev: 0x4000200020117
switch to OSF PAL code succeeded
FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision 0.3
(root@beta.osdi.bsdi.com, Thu Jul 27 08:00:34 GMT 2000)
Memory: 1048676k
/
at this point, the spinny thing goes for some time, and then stops
spinning. Some time later, the following line is printed, and then nothing
further.
cb_open: failed DVA 0 1000 0 0 0 8086 0002, dva.0.0.0.1000.0
Is there anything I can do? If this machine can't currently be used for
FreeBSD/alpha, is there anything I can do to help out testing stuff?
best;
gjvc
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George Cox <gjvc@sophos.com> +44 1235 544 127
UNIX evangelist, Sophos Plc, Oxford, England
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