Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:24:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Rainer =?iso-8859-1?Q?Frohnh=F6fer?= <rfrohn@ibm.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Message-ID: <14236.46056.899635.184747@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <379B32CF.DE080B17@ibm.net> References: <379B32CF.DE080B17@ibm.net>
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Rainer Frohnhöfer writes: > John Howie wrote: > > > I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM to v7 (from DEC's > > Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using kern.flp and > > mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I > > cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It appears > > (if I read the kernel startup configuration information correctly) > > that the kernel is trying to use a serial console for the keyboard. I > > did (once) receive an error about my PCXAL keyboard and scan code > > (0x83, I believe) shortly after the menu was presented to me. The > > keyboard works fine in the system boot menus, the boot process (I can > > interrupt the autoboot and query the console value, which is set to > > prom) and when running Windows NT. Trying to be smart, I hooked up a > > laptop running term emulation to the serial port and while I . > > [snip] > > To take the first question further: How do I make FreeBSD take my > keyboard input on the console? The "console" is already set correctly, > it just doesn't take any input. Kernel parameter? > > Help! (I want my Multia do anything useful, besides just warming my > feet ...) FreeBSD doesn't currently support the TGA card that's built into a multia for use as a console. You'll need to either use a serial console or put in a vga card for now. Make sure to say 'set console serial' at the srm console prompt (>>>). There is a person who's working on this (TGA support for syscons), but he's at an internship out of town & doesn't have access to an alpha until the end of the summer. So it will be at least a few months before it works. Cheers, Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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