From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 18 15:45:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01886 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pacific.net (pacific.pacific.net [199.4.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01879 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ufkartfm@pacific.net) Received: from pacific.net (slime-lake.pacific.net [209.209.2.250]) by pacific.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA24030; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:44:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:10 +0000 From: curtis Organization: Flying Snail Ranch X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: DEC Multia References: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? (smile) Yes and No Via the NetBSD method, I managed to build enough 'stuff' to get a FreeBSD kernel header to appear; however, it would not work all of the time (1 in 3 tries) due to ncr0 falling asleep. When I moved to 3.0, I wiped everything, started fresh, and have been trying various combinations of kern.flp/mfsroot.gz. (smile) i have never gotten past a 'READ ONLY' system, but if you want to see it 'sort of work' then: I do it using three machines (ymmv): p2/FreeBSD 3.0 running minicom (serial terminal for multia) multia (target machine) connected to p2 via serial port and hub alpha xlt300 (holds FreeBSD/alpha SNAPs) and connected to hub If you can find 3.0-19981031-SNAP, use the kern.flp and mfsroot.gz from the "floppies" directory. they produce the following headers: FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision (jkh@beast.cdrom.com, Tue Oct 27 07:13:06 PST 1998) FreeBSD 3.0-19981031-SNAP #0: Sun Nov 1 06:33:49 GMT 1998 jkh@beast.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS and will take you to here: /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console These are the predefined terminal types available to sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the closest match for your particular terminal. 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color). 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). Your choice: (1-4)2 [snip] At this point I do an '"Express"/binaries & kernel sources' install via ftp from the XLT 300. when it is finished and tells me it is going to reboot, the following will happen: syncing disks... 9 7 2 done Rebooting... halted CPU 0 halt code = 5 HALT instruction executed PC = fffffc000044fca0 CPU 0 booting Unexpected Machine Check through vector 00000067 [snip - 'lots of messages'] Brk 0 at 0012F928 0012F928! BPT <<<--- where it stops and i turn off the machine, wait about a minute, and turn it back on (power cycle). At this point, I insert another boot disk made from kern.flp: 3.0-19981108-SNAP and boot it via the srm console. the header says: FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision (root@sloth.noc.erols.net, Sat Nov 7 15:59:44 GMT 1998) [snip] name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: # df Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on da0a 871262 335338 466224 42% / # uname -a FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP #0: Sat Nov 7 17:58:41 GMT 1998 root@sloth.noc.erols.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS alpha # pwd / # ls .cshrc boot.config etc mnt stand .profile boot.help kernel modules sys COPYRIGHT cdrom kernel.GENERIC proc tmp bin compat kernel.config root usr boot dev lkm sbin var # cd # pwd /root # ls /usr/src/sys Makefile ddb libkern netinet pccard alpha dev miscfs netipx pci boot gnu modules netkey posix4 cam i386 msdosfs netnatm sys coda isa net netns ufs compile isofs netatalk nfs vm conf kern netatm pc98 # vi test ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Read-only file system # Have Fun, curtis Steve Proctor wrote: > > Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? I just picked up > one of these little $99.00 suckers and would love to use FreeBSD on it. Any > info is appreciated! > > Steve > Sproctor@microline.org -- curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody I want Nobody to control my life! How about you? http://www.netvideo.com/nobody To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message