From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 14:40:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org 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 6184916A41F for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rhowe@siksai.co.uk) Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk (smtp.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4DBF43D45 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rhowe@siksai.co.uk) Received: from doufu (doufu.siksai.co.uk [82.133.8.9]) by smtp.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24709253D0C for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from xiao.siksai.co.uk ([82.133.8.12] ident=rhowe) by doufu with smtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ezaxn-0003F2-Bf for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:36 +0000 Received: by xiao.siksai.co.uk (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:35 +0000 From: "Russell Howe" Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:35 +0000 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> References: <20060107232833.GA53165@seekingfire.com> <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060114155126.GQ53216@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060116070710.02c64ea0@psulias.psu.edu> <20060116145719.GB29044@freebie.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:40:38 -0000 On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* difference > is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do not play well > with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye color) because > it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs. I still can't get the FBSD 6.0 mini ISO to boot on my 500AU, regardless of which drive I try (I've tried 3, 2 of them being writers, 1 of them a modern DVD-RW/CD-RW). The NetBSD 3.0 installer boots just fine Could it be that the 6.0 bootloader is incompatible with whatever release of the SRM firmware I have, or that the kernel is too big to load? NetBSD was burnt using the same type of media as FreeBSD was, and I tried burning the FreeBSD installer multiple times on multiple OSes using multiple different pieces of software. The message I'm getting is: http://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/alpha-no-workie.txt -- Russell Howe | Why be just another cog in the machine, rhowe@siksai.co.uk | when you can be the spanner in the works?