Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:00:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael Richards" <michael@fastmail.ca> To: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems booting an AS1200 Message-ID: <3A8AE3FB.00005F.92120@frodo.searchcanada.ca>
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> The 1200 is part of the "rawhide" family of machines. Our
> bootloader provokes bugs in the console firmware of the rawhide
> (or vice versa) and prevents the machine from booting FreeBSD via
> floppy or CD-ROM devices.
Has anyone narrowed these bugs down so we know exactly what the
problem is? Is it reasonable to expect a workaround, or is this
simply not possible?
> One workaround is to dd the contents of the boot.flp (2.8MB)
> floppy to a scsi disk and boot from that.
If I do this, can I actually install over that drive, or is it not
loaded into a memory disk?
> Your situation is slightly more complex because you have an
> Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller. I don't think the SRM console will
> boot from that device (though FreeBSD supports it). It will only
> boot from drives listed by the ">>>show dev" command. Controllers
> which should work include Qlogic and NCR/LSI/SYMbios controllers.
So I see. I guess I will switch it around so the hard drives run from
the onboard controller and the CD-Rom runs from the adaptec. I don't
know why they set it up this way...
> I strongly suggest you do not run 5.0 on this box right now.
Why is that and what is wrong with 5.0?
-Michael
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