From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 21:14:06 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 8806216A41F for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F2043D62 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:14:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0JLE06W038088; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:14:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0JLE0aD065384; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:14:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k0JLE0RM065383; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:14:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:14:00 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Russell Howe Message-ID: <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <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> <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org 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 21:14:06 -0000 On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:40:35PM +0000, Russell Howe wrote.. > 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? Unlikely, but it would be *oh so nice* if people tested the bleedin' pre-release beta bits instead of moaning about *release* CDs that do not boot. > 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 What you should get is 406 blocks for the bootstrap: >>>boot dka0 (boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0) block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block reading 406 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0 bootstrap code read in base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 32c00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 Not 170135 blocks... >>boot dka0 (boot dka0.0.0.107.0 -flags a) block 0 of dka0.0.0.107.0 is a valid boot block reading 170135 blocks from dka0.0.0.107.0 -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org