From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Feb 23 4:39: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from calis.blacksun.org (Calis.blacksun.org [168.100.186.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99EA911244 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 04:39:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@calis.blacksun.org) Received: from localhost (don@localhost) by calis.blacksun.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id HAA54916 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:39:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from don@calis.blacksun.org) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:39:58 -0500 (EST) From: Don To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Installing FreeBSD Alpha Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I have been trying to install FreeBSD alpha on an alpha I have but the installation keeps failing late in the game with the following error: Could not install /kernel If i jump to the vty it shows errors during the last 4 items installed which state: cp: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected chmod : 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected xargs : 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected tar : 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected In any case /kernel doesnt seem to want to go in. The machine is one of the infamous alpha station 200 4/233's from onsale with a different graphics card, 96 megs of ram and a 3 gig scsi hard disk. Any help would be appreciated. -Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message