On Sun, 24 May 1998 19:22:06 -0400 (EDT) 
 Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net> wrote:

 > Your problem is that a SparcStation isn't an Alpha.  Get NetBSD/sparc.

...except his machine is obviously an AlphaStation, see:

jumping to entry point

halted CPU 0

kernel stack not valud halt

PC = 0

>>>

That is classic "new SRM" :-)

 > 
 > Chuck
 > 
 > 
 > On Sun, 24 May 1998, Michael G. Schabert wrote:
 > 
 > >     <NOTE: This is being sent to both
 > >     port-mac68k@NetBSD.org as well as port-alpha@NetBSD.org>
 > > 
 > > Hi there NetBSDers,
 > > I recently obtained a SparcStation with no software (actually, no hard
 > > drive) to play with. I wish to put NetBSD/Alpha onto it, & tried
 > > downloading the floppy disk image from the NetBSD site. The one from the
 > > 1.3.1 distribution died in the primary boot with this:
 > > jumping to entry point
 > > 
 > > halted CPU 0
 > > 
 > > halt code = 2
 > > 
 > > kernel stack not valid halt
 > > 
 > > PC = 0
 > > 
 > > & then went back to the >>> prompt.
 > > 
 > > 
 > > My next attempt was to use my Mac to get a hard drive ready for
 > > NetBSD/Alpha. I tried using MKFS to give it 2 partitions, a 1 Gig Root/Usr,
 > > and a 70 MB Swap on a Quantum Fireball 1080s. I then used the installer
 > > from NetBSD/Mac68k to install the alpha distribution onto the drive.
 > > Everything worked OK, & I got everything installed, so I shoved the drive
 > > into the AlphaStation & tried to boot. Unfortunately, it told me that the
 > > hard drive had incorrect boot blocks.
 > > 
 > > Then I tried a more current (install13E.fs), and it got farther, as it hit
 > > secondary boot:
 > > secondary boot (gave email addie of whoever wrote that portion, as well as
 > > date. It was like the very end of April, but I didn't write it down)
 > > 
 > > Loading netbsd
 > > 
 > > file not found
 > > 
 > > loading netbsd.gz
 > > 
 > > 3815416+175336 [85
 > > 
 > > 
 > > After that, it flashed 2 lines on the screen that I couldn't make out, then
 > > it blanked out the screen with just an underscore at the bottom of the
 > > screen. The floppy light was off, the HDD light was out, & keyboard did
 > > nothing.
 > > 
 > > Any clues would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to make this a headless
 > > server, doing IPnat and various un*x services.
 > > 
 > > Thank you,
 > > Mike
 > > 
 > > ps if there's a more correct addie for me to send this to, it would be
 > > appreciated.
 > > 
 > > Bikers don't *DO* taglines.
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > 

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