Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 14:50:01 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Install - oops! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808311447180.357-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980831103500.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Doug Rabson, On 30-Aug-98 you wrote: > > ... > > > I have put a GENERIC kernel up on freefall as > > http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/kernel.GENERIC-300898.gz. This kernel has > > root hardwired to /dev/rsd0a (because I haven't written the code to > > figure > > out which disk was actually booted). If you need a different root, tell > > me and I'll build another. > > Got a problem: > > * First had to fibure out how to tell the NetBSD loader to load the kernel. > Hint to the less initiated than I am (Last DEC cnsole I worked on was on > a VAX/750): > + shutdown now > + umount -a > + halt > + AT the ``Boot >>> '' prompt, type: > boot freebsd.GENERIC-980830 (or whatever) > Any deviation will cause the previous kernel to boot. No prompts will be > given, The Netbsd documentation is sparse or incorrect in this area. > > * I now have on my console: > > ... > > Jumping to entry point... > > NetBSD/Alpha Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9 > (ross@zeta... > > VMS PAL rev: 0x11000000010114 > OSF PAL rev: 0x10000000020116 > Switch ot OSF PAL code succeeded. > > Boot file: freebsd.GENERIC-980830 > Boot flags: a > > Loading freebsd.GENERIC-980830... > 204492read text: Unknown error: code 0 > > Boot failed! Halting... > > halated CPU 0 > > ... > > Sounds like I need your help... What is the filename of the kernel? If you decompress the kernel and put it in /kernel.GENERIC-980830 then you should be able to use: >>>boot -file kernel.GENERIC-980830 -flags s to attempt a boot to single-user mode. You won't manage multiuser without installing FreeBSD binaries but single-user works fine with NetBSD init and sh. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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