Ted Lemon writes:
> I was able to install the latest snapshot on a SCSI disk, but when I
> try to boot it, it tells me there are no valid boot blocks.   But when
> I try to install boot blocks with disklabel, disklabel doesn't
> recognize the -B flag.   Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Disklabel only does -B on selected architectures. Other architectures
use installboot -- alpha is one of them. i386 is about to become one,
btw.

.pm

> 
> 			       _MelloN_
> 
> >>>show config
>                         Digital AlphaPC 164 466 MHz
> 
> SRM Console V4.5-14             VMS PALcode V1.18-8, OSF PALcode V1.21-8
> DECchip (tm) 21164A-1
> DECchip (tm) 21171 CIA ASIC Pass 3
> 
> MEMORY
> 128 Meg of system memory
> 
> 
> PCI Bus 
>      Bus 00  Slot 05: DECchip 21140 Network Controller
>                                    ewa0.0.0.5.0          00-00-F8-02-79-50   
>      Bus 00  Slot 07: DECchip 21140 Network Controller
>                                    ewb0.0.0.7.0          00-00-F8-00-7F-03   
>      Bus 00  Slot 08: Intel 82378IB PCI to ISA Bridge
>      Bus 00  Slot 09: NCR 53C810 Scsi Controller
>                                    pka0.7.0.9.0          SCSI Bus ID 7       
>                                    dka0.0.0.9.0           SEAGATE ST32155N   
 
> 
> ISA
> Slot    Device  Name            Type         Enabled  BaseAddr  IRQ     DMA
> 0
>         0       MOUSE           Embedded        Yes     60      12
>         1       KBD             Embedded        Yes     60      1
>         2       COM1            Embedded        Yes     3f8     4
>         3       COM2            Embedded        Yes     2f8     3
>         4       LPT1            Embedded        Yes     3bc     7
>         5       FLOPPY          Embedded        Yes     3f0     6       2
> 
> >>>boot dka0
> (boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0)
> block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is not a valid boot block
> bootstrap failure
> >>>