Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:34:49 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?) Message-ID: <XFMail.001018083449.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010180952270.29049-100000@mail.cafes.net>
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On 18-Oct-00 Mike Eldridge wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Kris Kirby wrote: >> Would a general concensus of the folks on -alpha agree that FreeBSD 4.x >> for the Alpha is stable enough for a production server? > > I wouldn't. I can't even get the thing installed. The kernel panics as > it's trying to boot. Linux runs fine on it. I've looked for help, but I > can't find any. Oh well, back to Linux I guess. :) The kernel doesn't panic on boot, the loader does. The SRM message you get (kernel stack not valid halt) is treating the loader as the kernel. > Mike -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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