From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 13 2:26:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51C937BC57; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:26:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from beppo.feral.com (beppo [192.67.166.79]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA08747; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:26:03 -0700 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:26:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Chris Lynch Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First Time Alpha install In-Reply-To: <004f01bfeca8$244b78d0$da0802d8@CityGuide.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ah, you need to switch from ARC to SRM- or flash new f/w in that has SRM. None of the *BSD's support ARC as the OS monitor. On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Chris Lynch wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on a DEC AlphaPC 164 LX. I've made two > floppies, but, since it doesn't automatically boot from the floppy, I'm not > sure what to put int the OS Selection Setup. > I've inserted a new OS call it FreeBSD, boot from A: kern.flp > I'm not sure what to pass the OS options. It has a nifty Install Windows NT > options...but , why? :) > > thanks, > Chris > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message