From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 14 20:41:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF91C37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B7F43E9E for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:41:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from walker380@earthlink.net) Received: from sdn-ap-025neomahp0073.dialsprint.net ([65.178.192.73] helo=MSI14.earthlink.net) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 181Ia3-0006Uf-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:41:16 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20021014213046.00b158e0@mail.earthlink.net> X-Sender: walker380@mail.earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:40:55 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ralph Walker Subject: Roadblock on Alpha installation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! I am attempting to install FreeBSD 4.6 for Alpha on a DEC Multia (UDB) box. I have two multias one a 166 Mhgz and one 233 Mhgz. I have been successful in installing and running NT 4.0 on both so I bekieve the hardware is OK. From the SRM console I boot DKA400 -flags " " -file " " and the boot process begins, I do get a few "soft errors" from the CDROM but it seems to continue. After loading the kernel I get the list of devices then the message about running from the serial console and asks to enter a number from 1-5 choosing a terminal type. At this point keyboard input is shut off. This happens on both multias. How do I get beyond this? I have installed FReeBSD 4.6 on a intel box successfully. I would like to utilize the multias as servers. Thanks Ralph walker380@earthlink.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message