From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Mar 29 4:22:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from minmei.iqm.unicamp.br (minmei.iqm.unicamp.br [143.106.51.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913BA37BE55 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 04:22:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from picapau@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br) Received: by minmei.iqm.unicamp.br (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6282D133A5; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:21:58 -0300 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:21:58 -0300 From: Andre Severo To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 1000 freezing during installation Message-ID: <20000329092158.A96147@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br> Reply-To: picapau@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br References: <20000325181342.A88910@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br> <14557.27001.718759.711008@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <14557.27001.718759.711008@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 08:37:41PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 08:37:41PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin claimed that: |> |> Andre Severo writes: |> > Hi, |> > |> > I'm running into some trouble trying to install release 4.0 on |> > an Alpha Server 1000 (SRM V4.8-65): |> > |> > #1. Sometimes the bootstrapping sequence fails to |> > assess the size of some of my hard disks (da1 & da2), |> > sometimes missing all three of them; |> > |> > 2. When I get to the installantion program i can't get past |> > network setup screen: my box freezes and has to be rebooted |> > (i'm installing via NFS) |> |> I'm afraid I cannot help with the disk problem, but I believe there |> may be issues with either the Intel Pro100B or its driver on the |> alphei Do you have another PCI network card you could use? Thanks for the advice. You were right, the Intel Pro100B (or its drivers) seem to have caused the problem - I just put back the old DEC network and now things were running smoothly. The disk problem persists, though - i have to exerc them or else they are taken to be offline. Regards, Andre picapau@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br |> |> Drew |> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |> Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin |> Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu |> Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 |> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message