Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:36:06 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? Message-ID: <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060107232833.GA53165@seekingfire.com> <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 12:31:20AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 05:28:33PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote.. > > > AlphaServer 2100A Console V5.3-10, built on Oct 16 1998 at 14:06:58 > > ^^^^ <snip> > > (boot dka600.6.0.2001.0 -flags A) > > failed to open dka600.6.0.2001.0 > > > > I've tried both disc1 (shown) and bootonly. I've confirmed the SHA256 > > checksums on the downloaded images and I burned them using burncd on a > > FreeBSD -current i386 box. > > > > My older 6.0-beta5 CD boots fine (though as an older thread will show > > actually doesn't noot *correctly* on 2100A machines, but that's a whole > > other issue). > > > > Is this a known issue? Does that ISO image work for other folks? > > It does. But support for the AS2100A 'Lynx' wasn't stellar in its best > days, and apparantly it has gone downhill :( It seems odd that that ability to even open the CD went away for 2100A machines between beta5 and release. I was hoping for an /improvement/ as it seems that the EISA detection was the only thing holding me back ;-) What are other folks doing with their 2100As these days? -T -- I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon the dewdrop. Kahlil Gibran
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