I have an Alpha 2100 Sable (not 2100A model) Single or Dual (I can use either processor). I netboot using the boot.img from the Daily builds of 20041018 for Alpha. I used my on LAN mirror for the packages and ftp.us.debian.org. Both work well. I completely have 100% success, up until the point I try to boot from the Hard Drive. I can boot from the CD-ROM (DKA600) or from the Network Card EWA0 or from the Floppy (DVA0) but not from DKA0 (the default boot). Nor can I boot from DKA100, DKA200, DKA300, DKA400, etc... or from DKB* either if they are disk drives. CDs I can boot from here to next election Tuesday, Ethernet cards... no problems, Floppy drives no problem. Right now, I have the system mounted in a chroot from the installer, and everything seems to be correct. Before this, I have written bootlx 2 more times making sure the thing *IS* written. Rebooted and still nothing. I get to the point of it checking valid boot block making the jump to bootstrap... and just sits there. I left it over the weekend to make sure I gave it enough time. I booted with this SRM command-line: boot dka0 -fi 2/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-generic -fl ro root=/dev/sda3 And that is where it sat the whole weekend. I have not done a base-config yet on the machine and would love to just boot it into it to finish the job of initial install. I have tried about 65 incarnations of that command line, even slapping the drive in a different slot and even a different SCSI bus. I have even tried a different SCSI controller just to be sure. I have even setup SRM to auto boot to that command-line (and a few others). I would rather prefer to NOT boot from Floppy every time. Any guidance would be helpful. And Yes, I have RTF HT for SRM and aboot... and the SRM Manuals from DEC and a few other references I still have. I have admin'd this machine since 1999, Compaq/HP Tru64(DEC UNIX/ DEC OSF/1) just became too expensive to justify keeping it around. Same thing for VMS. Looking gleefully for assistance! -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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