From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Oct 29 12: 0:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4ED237B401 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:00:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from atom.no-ip.org (203-79-74-170.adsl.paradise.net.nz [203.79.74.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968BA43E7B for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:00:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from atom@atom.no-ip.org) Received: from atomlaptop ([192.168.0.10]) by atom.no-ip.org ([127.0.0.1]) with SMTP (MDaemon.PRO.v6.0.7.R) for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:59:51 +1300 Message-ID: <004701c27f85$e6dcc080$0a00a8c0@atomnet> Reply-To: "Anthony O'Meara" From: "Anthony O'Meara" To: Subject: Error installing FreeBSD on Alpha Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:00:59 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Authenticated-Sender: atom@atom.no-ip.org X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.0.10 X-Return-Path: atom@atom.no-ip.org X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an AlphaServer 300 4/266, booting from floppy, it has failed several times, I have tried several floppy disks, I also have just updated the firmware to the latest but still no luck! From console (>>> ) I enter "boot dva0" it does a few things, then crashes at: Loading /boot/loader - halt CPU 0 halt code = 2 kernel stack not valid halt PC = 0 boot failure I have installed NetBSD but would prefer FreeBSD! NetBSD installed without much trouble! What is wrong, PLEASE HELP! Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message