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Date:      Wed, 04 Nov 1998 20:51:57 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        shimon@simon-shapiro.org
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help! My Disks Are GONE... 
Message-ID:  <199811050451.UAA04108@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Nov 1998 22:41:18 EST." <XFMail.981104224118.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> 

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> The 164LX cannot find the disks after make installworld and a reboot.
> They are simply gone.
> 
> the console monitor simply looks for dka0.2000.0 or some such and never
> finds it.  The floppy disks seem to still be there.

Sounds like the NVRAM may be spooged.  What if you try booting an 
explicit disk (boot dka0)?

> For a while, it would boot from the disks, only to hang in the device scan.
> Now, the console (SRM?) cannot find the disks.
>
> Any idea is welcome.  I got lots of work accomplished there...

Bad, very bad.  Board under warranty?

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