From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 2 15:38:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20757 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:38:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20744 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:38:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA59637; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:38:10 GMT Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:38:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Wilko Bulte cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list Subject: Re: installing boot? In-Reply-To: <199812021854.TAA01030@yedi.iaf.nl> 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 On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Hi there, > > Now that I could compile -current/alpha successfully I had to reshuffle > my diskpartitioning on the NoName. This I did using an older (Oct 22 or so) > Netbsd install flop. I subsequently installed a binary FreeBSD (also an old > one, the same rev that I used to build -current). > > After that all worked, I mounted the -current obj tree using NFS and did > a make installworld. Went OK. > > But unfortunately booting is now a NO-NO: > > >>>boot -fi kernel.GENERIC > (boot dka100.1.0.6.0 -file kernel.GENERIC -flags A) > block 0 of dka100.1.0.6.0 is a valid boot block > reading 15 blocks from dka100.1.0.6.0 > bootstrap code read in > base = 110000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > initializing page table at 102000 > initializing machine state > setting affinity to the primary CPU > jumping to bootstrap code > > NetBSD/Alpha Primary Boot > Jumping to entry point... > > halted CPU 0 > > halt code = 5 > HALT instruction executed > PC = 200017dc > >>> > > I have the distinct feeling (somehow ;-) that I need to re-install the boot > blocks/bits but I seem to be too dim to get it right. > > Pointers on a how-to appreciated, You should be able to make the disk bootable by doing this: # disklabel -B /dev/da0c (or /dev/da1c etc.) or maybe: # disklabel -B -b /usr/mdec/boot1 /dev/da0c Make sure that /boot/loader exists in the root partition of the disk being booted (installworld should have made it). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message