RE: [alpha] Booting Debian Sarge CD on Alphastation 500/400

["Stavros Stavrinos" <sstavrin@avacom.net>]

Dear Maks,

Thanks for the fast response.
I checked the boot_osflags using the "show boot_osflags" command at the SRM
prompt. This variable does not any value. 
To what should I set it to?

Stavros Stavrinos

-----Original Message-----
From: maximilian attems [mailto:debian@sternwelten.at] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:28 PM
To: Stavros Stavrinos
Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [alpha] Booting Debian Sarge CD on Alphastation 500/400

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Stavros Stavrinos wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian Sarge on an Alphastation 500/400.
> 
> A
> 
> t the SRM prompt I type "boot dka400" (dka400 is the scsi CDROM) and I
reach
> the aboot prompt and I select option "0".
> 
> After loading the "initrd" message I get the message:  "aboot: loading
> kernel vmlinuz with options..." and the system hangs there with no further
> activity.
> 
> The only possible action after that is to press the reset button which
takes
> me back to the SRM prompt.
> 
> Can anybody, who had similar experiences, help me?

please take a look if boot_osflags bites you -> #271180?

--
maks


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