Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:48:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, MAX@one.com.au, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <199911291748.JAA00432@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:46:42 EST." <14402.36967.161979.501638@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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> > Mike Smith writes: > > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > > Can't open file /boot/loader > > > *** keyboard not plugged in ... > > > > Your installation did not complete correctly. Try again. > > > > > So, how should i get the freebsd running? > > > > Install it correctly. It's not really very hard. If you go to the > > questions list, and promise to give them more information than you've > > given us, you should get the sort of help you need. > > This sounds a lot like what Juan E. Navarro was complaining about with > a -current install onto an xp1000. I think that sysinstall might be > hosed for alpha. Either that, or it is far too easy to make a mistake > & inadvertantly end up with a system which will not boot. Not as far as I can tell; at least, the install I did last week (network install from ftp.cdrom.com onto a DS20) completed just fine. It even does DHCP correctly. > Do any of the Q/A people have alphas? I have a couple now; I'll be relegating the noname to continual install testing now. I've looked at Juan's report, but so far I don't have any concrete ideas, sorry. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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