Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:43:41 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?) Message-ID: <20001018214341.A4600@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010181328220.29049-100000@mail.cafes.net>; from diz@cafes.net on Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:41:06PM -0500 References: <20001018192621.D1832@freebie.demon.nl> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010181328220.29049-100000@mail.cafes.net>
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On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:41:06PM -0500, Mike Eldridge wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 09:54:20AM -0500, Mike Eldridge wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Kris Kirby wrote: > > > > Would a general concensus of the folks on -alpha agree that FreeBSD 4.x > > > > for the Alpha is stable enough for a production server? > > > > > > I wouldn't. I can't even get the thing installed. The kernel panics as > > > it's trying to boot. Linux runs fine on it. I've looked for help, but I > > > > On 'it'? Please #define 'it' ? > > Well, I sent a message to the alpha mailing list a couple of days > outlining my difficulties. Been away for 2 days, sorry.. > #define it "alpha multia axp 166" OK. > I tend to think it's an issue with the srm firmware. I ran into all > kinds of soft errors when trying to boot from a floppy, then I read that Yes, that is a known SRM issue. > you couldn't boot from floppy because of a problem with the firmware. So > I tried to boot from a cd. I do get sense errors from the cd-rom drive as > it is booting, then it ends in the same errors. > > I guess my next step is to try a new version of the firmware. Yep. Helped my Multia pretty well. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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