From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 30 22:44:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com (unknown [65.32.2.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6574F37B400 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:44:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from orca.comphydro.com (33.128.42.rrcentralflorida.cfl.rr.com [65.33.128.42]) by smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA21300; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 01:44:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20001201014152.02ce17b0@blitz.dreamhost.com> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 01:44:41 -0500 To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brodie Subject: Re: 4.2 fails to boot (kernel) from CD In-Reply-To: References: <200011300614.XAA06412@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org For completeness, I was able to install from the CD after booting from floppies. (on Server3305 (AS800) with SRM v5.5-78) Haven't tried the new ISO (with new cdboot). -Brodie At 02:20 AM 11/30/00, Matthew Jacob wrote: >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 can=B4t > > > > 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