From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 27 09:51:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA11666 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:51:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles130.castles.com [208.214.165.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA11660 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:51:09 -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 JAA03305; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:49:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811271749.JAA03305@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: curtis cc: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Multia - 3.0-19981124-SNAP - report In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Nov 1998 08:56:31 GMT." <365E693F.65FEF6C2@pacific.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:49:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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