From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 23:36:08 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 54DF616A420 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 23:36:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: from mail.seekingfire.com (caliban.seekingfire.com [24.72.123.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC7543D46 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 23:36:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: by mail.seekingfire.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1BF69B2E; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:36:07 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:36:06 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> References: <20060107232833.GA53165@seekingfire.com> <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-GPG-Key-ID: 828AFC7B X-GPG-Fingerprint: 5584 14BA C9EB 1524 0E68 F543 0F0A 7FBC 828A FC7B X-GPG-Key: http://www.seekingfire.com/personal/gpg_key.asc X-Urban-Legend: There is lots of hidden information in headers X-Tillman-rules: yes he does User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 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: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:36:08 -0000 On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 12:31:20AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 05:28:33PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote.. > > > AlphaServer 2100A Console V5.3-10, built on Oct 16 1998 at 14:06:58 > > ^^^^ > > (boot dka600.6.0.2001.0 -flags A) > > failed to open dka600.6.0.2001.0 > > > > I've tried both disc1 (shown) and bootonly. I've confirmed the SHA256 > > checksums on the downloaded images and I burned them using burncd on a > > FreeBSD -current i386 box. > > > > My older 6.0-beta5 CD boots fine (though as an older thread will show > > actually doesn't noot *correctly* on 2100A machines, but that's a whole > > other issue). > > > > Is this a known issue? Does that ISO image work for other folks? > > It does. But support for the AS2100A 'Lynx' wasn't stellar in its best > days, and apparantly it has gone downhill :( It seems odd that that ability to even open the CD went away for 2100A machines between beta5 and release. I was hoping for an /improvement/ as it seems that the EISA detection was the only thing holding me back ;-) What are other folks doing with their 2100As these days? -T -- I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon the dewdrop. Kahlil Gibran