Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:49:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: curtis <ufkartfm@pacific.net> Cc: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multia - 3.0-19981124-SNAP - report Message-ID: <199811271749.JAA03305@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Nov 1998 08:56:31 GMT." <365E693F.65FEF6C2@pacific.net>
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> MIKE (curtis shouted from across the net) T H A N K Y O U !!! (smile) > IT WORKED. Coolness. Thank Paul Richards for fixing it this time. 8) > I am very happy to say I now have an FreeBSD/Alpha 3.0-19981124-SNAP > running on my Multia VX42 I CAN (now) WRITE TO! > > I did run across a few things: > > # /sbin/disklabel -B da0 > /sbin/disklabel: /usr/mdec/daboot: No such file or directory > # ls -l /usr/mdec/ > total 14 > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6872 Nov 24 1998 boot1 That's arguably a bug in disklabel; it needs to be updated to use /boot now instead of /usr/mdec. > Starting final network daemons:. > setting ELF ldconfig path: /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat > setting a.out ldconfig path: /usr/lib/aout /usr/lib/compat/aout > ldconfig: illegal option -- a > usage: ldconfig [-Rmrsv] [-f hints_file] [dir | file ...] That looks like a bug in /etc/rc; it's trying to run the a.out ldconfig, but that doesn't exist on the alpha. > Initial rc.alpha initialization:. > rc.alpha configuring syscons: blank_time/etc/rc.alpha: cannot open > /dev/ttyv0: no such device or address Syscons isn't running; that's normal (but irritating). > and, ...if i do not set -flags option after the install and boot dva0 , > it brings me to the prompt without any error messages. Check the flags you've got set in the SRM console; it looks like you're defaulting to coming up single-user. If you hit ^D at the prompt, it should continue into multi-user mode. -- \\ 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
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