Date: 27 Sep 1999 15:34:51 +0200 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909271534270.21518-100000@fatou.suse.de> From: "Ruediger Oertel" <ro@suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] new to this list and install problem
Hi,
could you try "boot dva0 -fl 0" ?
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 alex@chem.ufl.edu wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have just recently subscribed to this list. The reason is: I saved an
> AlphaStation 250 4/266 from the scrapyard and am planning to use it for
> my office desktop if it works out well. I have been running Linux for
> many years (about 2 years with SuSE now) on my desktop Intel box so am
> somewhat familiar with the distribution and the basic handles on it. I
> am, however, a complete newbie to Alpha's.
> Alright, here goes my first inquiry:
> I received the SuSE Alpha-AXP 6.1 distribution in yesterday's mail and
> am now about to install it. Trouble is that my alpha station's disk had
> been scrubbed before it was thrown out by our computer dept.
> Apparently, the ARCSbios and/or NT-bios got thrown out as well and the
> machine comes up in (I suppose) SRM with the message:
> f4.eb.....ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.
> X5.0-29, built on July 18 1995 at 16:20:48
> >>>
>
> So, I tried my luck with an aboot disk which I dd'd from the 1st CD.
> This produces the following output:
> >>>boot dva0
> (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags A)
> block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
> reading 216 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
> bootstrap code read in
> base = 148000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1b000
> Initializing HWRPB at 2000
> Initializing page table at 13a000
> Initializing machine state
> setting affinity to the primary CPU
> jumping to bootstrap code
> aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.5
> aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.35
> aboot: no disklabel found
> aboot: booted_dev=`dva 1 0 0 0 0 0 0'. guessing boot_device=`fd0'
> aboot: loading plain ...
> aboot: unexpected object file format 13
> aboot: loading compressed ...
>
> unzip: unknown compression method
> Enter kernel name and arguments:
> aboot:
>
> At this point I am unsure about what I need to input next. Clearly, I
> can't switch to the install disk just yet. I am also concerned about
> the error messages I got on my way so far.
>
> Any helpful pointers are greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA, Alex.
>
>
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with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
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