From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 11:24:42 2005 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 E312116A41F for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:24:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xenophon@irtnog.org) Received: from cinep010fbmx.irtnog.org (ns1.irtnog.org [24.123.13.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE1943D48 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:24:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xenophon@irtnog.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by cinep010fbmx.irtnog.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648312142 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:26:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cinep010fbmx.irtnog.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cinep010fbmx.irtnog.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 83066-06-3 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from irtnog.org (svr1.irtnog.org [10.63.0.100]) by cinep010fbmx.irtnog.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AB820EE for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:25:55 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Thread-Topic: Compaq AlphaServer install problem thread-index: AcV8oWzb7gu3HtJeTmiWxgj9R2R18gV+5Qlg From: "Matthew X. Economou" To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at irtnog.org Subject: RE: Compaq AlphaServer install problem 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:24:43 -0000 Patrick, Switch to hardware flow control. I have always had problems with software flow control on modern UNIX hardware, including a number of Alphas running a variety of operating systems (including Red Hat Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD). My guess is that you see the most "corruption" when scrolling or redrawing the screen, as in the FreeBSD boot process or the sysinstall program. Best wishes, Matthew=20 --=20 "In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite." - Arthur Koestler, _The Invisible Writing_