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Aw: Re: No boot on AlphaServer DS25



it often helps to clean the lens of a cd/dvd drive with a q-tip and isopropanol. my "not-even-single-speed" old dec drives still reads burnt cds very well. optical drives need "a little love" about every 2 years
 
Gesendet: Montag, 28. Dezember 2015 um 19:50 Uhr
Von: "John Klos" <john%ziaspace.com@localhost>
An: nullnilaki%gmail.com@localhost
Cc: port-alpha%netbsd.org@localhost
Betreff: Re: No boot on AlphaServer DS25
>> Has anyone else run NetBSD on a DS25 with EV68CB CPUs? I tried booting >> both the 6.4 firmware version that the machine came with and the >> upgraded 7.3 firmware and got the same results. > > Did you see this thread? > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2013/04/23/msg000661.html > Led to no result as it seems, unfortunately. I saw that, and that led me to updating firmware to the latest (7.3), but got the same result. > did you try a -6 build, or -5? Not yet. I'll need some more blank CDs. > Have you tried netboot? It is not uncommon for cd drives from that era > to either have issues reliably reading cd-rw media, mechanical failure > from old age or both. I'll give that a try, too. I already have MOP set up for netbooting VAXen. I also saw this thread: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2015/08/02/msg019231.html NetBSD running on DS15 and DS25 systems are discussed, so it works even if it needs some help getting installed. Did you have to do anything special to boot those systems, Naruaki? John


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