Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:49:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Install - oops! Message-ID: <XFMail.980831114951.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808311447180.357-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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Doug Rabson, On 31-Aug-98 you wrote: ... > What is the filename of the kernel? If you decompress the kernel and > put > it in /kernel.GENERIC-980830 then you should be able to use: > > >>>boot -file kernel.GENERIC-980830 -flags s > > to attempt a boot to single-user mode. You won't manage multiuser > without > installing FreeBSD binaries but single-user works fine with NetBSD init > and sh. I re-downloaded the kernel. It has the name ...gz, but does not appear gzipped on this end. My problem above is caused by ncftp having too much to drink. The file got truncated (?). I tried again, as per your directions, and the kernel boots but dies like this: After all the kernel starts, init seems to fork and then put the message: ``Enter shell pathname or RETURN for SH:'' It outputs this string a word or so at a time, with about a second delay between pieces. Then the system is solidly frozen. I am on a serial console. Could it be it somehow switches to the (non-exising) video+keyboard? If so, can I plug in just any VGA card? I do not have the fancy DEC one. Alternately, can I add to -flas ``h', so flags will be ``-flags -sh'' ? Sorry to bother you with these details, but I ned to get FreeBSD running to do the FCAL and i2o ports for the 64bit DPT. The alternative is NetBSD. Simon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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