From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 16:46:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2850716A4CE; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:46:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsv01.comindico.com.au (mailsv01.comindico.com.au [203.194.27.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E8B43D31; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:46:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robbyrnes@fastmail.com.au) Received: from cartman.fastmail.com.au (dialup-220.89.221.203.acc50-kent-syd.comindico.com.au [203.221.89.220]) by mailsv01.comindico.com.au (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id AEZ65538; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:46:33 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <6.0.3.0.2.20040317114223.02301270@mail.messagingengine.com> X-Sender: robbyrnes@fastmail.com.au@mail.messagingengine.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.3.0 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:44:36 +1100 To: John Baldwin , alpha@FreeBSD.org From: Rob B In-Reply-To: <200403151650.51877.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200403151650.51877.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: Testers wanted: Floppies round 2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:46:46 -0000 At 08:50 AM 16/03/2004, John Baldwin wrote: >Ok, I think I've fixed the bug in bsdlabel that prevented it from making >bootable floppy images for Alpha and I've built a new set of boot floppies >via a cross-release. You can find them at >http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/floppies/alpha/ I'd appreciate it if someone >could test them to make sure they work ok. Thanks. So far, the system boots off the boot disk, and then the loader sits there with an error message: "can't load /kernel" So I put in the kern1.flp disk, type "load /kernel?, and the loader still says "can't load /kernel" cheers, Rob -- God gets boring when you let him have his way. This is random quote 532 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5