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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2001 17:03:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot floppy (kern.flp) for as1200?
Message-ID:  <15100.21435.602270.609913@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <15100.21220.209940.405489@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
References:  <3AFC4F91.1F03C18F@switchpwr.com> <15100.21220.209940.405489@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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Andrew Gallatin writes:
 > 
 > mel kravitz writes:
 >  > Hi,
 >  > Any one successful booting an alphaserver 1200 with 4.3 kern.flp? My
 >  > machine stops after :
 >  > Memory 262144k
 >  > /
 >  > -thats all she wrote, hangs at that point , then goes banannas on the
 >  > monitor -scrolling text...
 >  > This is a  dual 533 MP machine. I would like to boot it and build an SMP
 >  > kernel. See what this guy can do.
 > 
 > The loader is broken in 4.3-RELEASE.  It was fixed just prior to the

Let me amend this for the archives -- the loader is broken for "big
iron" platforms such as the AlphaServer 1200, 4000, 4100, and 8x00.
It works just fine elsewhere.

Drew

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