Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:39:08 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Santiago Zapata <szapata@creatos.com.mx> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie installation question on Alpha Server 1000 Message-ID: <20000711203908.B1457@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <396B3C49.6696EDE4@creatos.com.mx>; from szapata@creatos.com.mx on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 08:24:57AM -0700 References: <396B3C49.6696EDE4@creatos.com.mx>
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 08:24:57AM -0700, Santiago Zapata wrote: > I am trying to install 4.0-RELEASE on an AlphaServer 1000. > I already downloaded the boot floppies, I even reach the initial > installation screen when I boot from the floppies but my hard drive is > not recognized What is that harddisk connected to? The onboard SCSI controller of the Alpha? What does the SRM console tell you when you type SHOW CONF and SHOW DEV at the >>> prompt? > I read about having to spin the hard drive to be recogized but I did not > find how. I also read in the HARDWARE.TXT file that the kernel needs > "options DEC_1000A" but I do not know how to do it at boot time You don't have to, the install kernels are compiled with the necessary support code (options FOO is a config/compile time thing). Another question: is it an AlphaServer 1000 or an AlphaServer 1000A (note the trailing A) -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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