Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:20:40 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Klaus Berbach <K_Berbach@gmx.de>, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.2 fails to boot (kernel) from CD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011292318400.79439-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <200011300614.XAA06412@usr08.primenet.com>
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Thanks, Terry, for clarifying. I thought I was clear, but I guess I was speaking in code. At an rate, David O'Brien has already confirmed that the cdboot was broken, so unless you re-burn a CD after today, please build the two floppies (kern.flp && mfsroot.flp) from the CD and boot kern.flp (boot dva0) instead. On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > I have problems with the 4.2 iso for Alpha and I canīt > > > boot from CD. After boot dka400 everything works fine > > > until: > > > > > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for > > > command promt. > > > Booting [kernel]... > > > / > > > > > > Well ... here it hangs. Version 4.1 has no problems and > > > the CD seems to be ok. Anyway, I have burned it with > > > two different programms and then got the image a second > > > time. No difference. I am running an Alpha Station500. > > > Anyone equal experience ? > > > > Umm.... Have you tried the boot floppies? > > Klaus: > > He is asking you to do a problem determination as to whether > this is actually a CDROM specific problem, or a problem with > 4.2 on your system. > > (Just in case it looked like he was telling you to use the > floppies instead of the CDROM for no good reason, which is > how it looked to me, the first time I read it). > > So even if it's a pain, if you can try the floppies, it will > give him information on where to look for your problem. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > 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-alpha" in the body of the messagehelp
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