From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 23 00:47:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15253 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:47:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles349.castles.com [208.214.167.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15248 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:47:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00564; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:45:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812230845.AAA00564@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Stuart Krivis cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha/3.0-19981208-SNAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Dec 1998 20:17:34 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:45:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > > Sorry to say, but the machine I was doing this one got taken away by > > > somebody else. Very frustrating. I have another multia, but I have to > > > upgrade f/w and try again on that one. It'll be a while. D**n. > > > > Thanks for persevering with it :-) > > How close is the Alpha port? I have an Alphastation 200 (avanti) that is > currently running RH Linux. I could certainly play with FreeBSD on it if > someone is willing to get me started, and if it is far enough along that I > can actually get some use out of the box while experimenting. If you remember to swap to the emergency console on vty3 and run 'disklabel -B' before rebooting, you should be able to install just fine. I haven't tried an install on the AS200 for a while now (too busy), but I'd expect it would still be working fine. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message