Subject: Re: 1.6 on 2100
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Murray Armfield <murray.armfield@arconsulting.com.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/02/2002 23:45:54
Hi Folks,
=09Yeah, I've got a 4 CPU model sitting next to me. It wont go MP on NetB=
SD.=20
FreeBSD is good. No vga on NetBSD. vga on FreeBSD. FreeBSD people rewrote=
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code. NetBSD will only work serial console. I've posted my issues with it=
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here before with no response.

Take care,
=09Murray
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 02:51 am, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I've rescued an alphaserver 2100 4/275. It has 2 21064 CPU and 2 128MB
> memory module (and also a Mylex960 RAID controller and an extra 810 SCS=
I).
>
> I tried to boot the NetBSD/alpha CD (from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6), but it hung just after the
> kernel printed the copyright.
> Has anyone else tried 1.6 on a alphaserver 2100 ?
> I booted from VGA console, if this is of interest. I'll try from serial
> console when I'll have a cable.