Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 20:02:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Jens Arnfast <jens@arnfast.dk>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: AlphaServer 4100 boot/install problem Message-ID: <20010809200214.R74932-100000@wonky.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <15219.19917.412145.909189@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Jens Arnfast writes: > > ok.. I think we've tried it all... 4.2R boot-cd, 4.2R boot-floppies, 4.3R > > boot-cd, 4.3R boot-floppies and 4.3R > > "copy-boot.flp-to-the-start-of-the-disk-trick" and nothing worked ... is > > there no possible way to install FreeBSD on an AlphaServer 4100 (without > > installing the system on another alpha an moving the disks) ? .. please.. > > don't force us into running NetBSD og *shiver* AlphaLinux :-) > > > > Any help appreciated > > 4100s and other "big iron" machines tweak a bug in the bootloader > that's been used in the 4.x releases. The problem has been fixed in > -current, but hasn't yet been merged back. Drew- we actually did merge it back - it's in the 4.4 RC series. > > You could grab the 5.0 kern.flp from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/5.0-20010721-CURRENT/floppies/kern.flp > and replace the kernel with the one from the 4.x kern.flp > > > > Drew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010809200214.R74932-100000>