Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:27:58 -0400 From: Roberto de Iriarte <roberto@spock.cl> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 2100A Booting from Mini FreeBSD 4.5 ISO Message-ID: <3D0873AE.3050706@spock.cl> References: <000001c212c9$b5e33cd0$0201a8c0@cartman> <3D088073.1000007@free.fr> <15624.47042.375518.197715@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>(Please wrap your text at 72 columns)
>
>ANTOINE Pierre writes:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Some banking company gave an AlphaServer 2100A to my school, and the
> > sysadmin ask me
> > to install a free OS on it. Debian can't boot. I've try Mini-Freebsd 4.5
> > ISO booting CD
> > from the SRM. The loader go fine to a shell ("press enter to boot or a
> > key to shell")
> > but without changing anything, the boot freeze with an error message
> > about identification
> > after that.
>
>A 2100A should work fine, assuming all the hardware in the box is
>supported. Can you please describe the hardware more fully
>(transcribe the output of the command "show dev" at the SRM console
>prompt >>>).
>
>
I can confirm that 2100A's work fine under 4.5 as long as the rest
of the system is supported (i'm typing this on one)
Regards
Roberto
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