From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 17:16:44 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 23B6516A4CE; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from smta08.mail.ozemail.net (smta08.mail.ozemail.net [203.103.165.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE2343D1D; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from cartman.ozemail.com.au ([203.61.128.41]) by smta08.mail.ozemail.net with ESMTP <20040201011522.PCLS16286.smta08.mail.ozemail.net@cartman.ozemail.com.au>; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 01:15:22 +0000 Message-Id: <6.0.2.0.2.20040201121501.02471dd0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: pop.ozemail.com.au/110/robbyrnes@127.0.0.1 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.2.0 Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:16:41 +1100 To: Wilko Bulte , John Baldwin From: Rob B In-Reply-To: <20040131195051.GA41087@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200401301524.58864.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040130233654.GA24501@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20040131195051.GA41087@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Floppies for 5.x up for testing.. 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: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:16:44 -0000 At 06:50 AM 1/02/2004, Wilko Bulte wrote: >On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 12:36:54AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 03:24:58PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > Using the new splitfs stuff, I've built a set of Alpha boot > floppies. Note > > > that there is no fixit floppy, just the actual boot floppies. If > someone > > > will test that these work ok then I will commit the changes. Alpha now > > > requires 4 floppies: 1 boot, 2 for kernel, and 1 for the > mfsroot. The floppy > > > images are at http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/floppies/alpha/ > > >I assume I have to start with boot.flp? > >That gives: > >Digital AlphaStation 500/266 >Console V7.2-2 Apr 4 2000 17:17:43 > >>>boot dva0 >(boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags a) >block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is not a valid boot block >bootstrap failure > >>> Ditto here on PC64. Actually, none of the floppies after 5.0-RELEASE have booted on this box cheers, Rob -- There you are, getting on with your life, and Jesus is waiting just 'round the corner with a baseball bat. This is random quote 1055 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