Hi,
I have a PC that resembles a PICMG21064a Alpha.
I've tried booting from several CD's created from different ".ISO"
files for Alpha, downloaded from Mandrake and Red Hat.
The response always ends in a "bootstrap failure."
The command I used was:
boot dka500
The response was:
(boot dka500.5.0.17.0 -flags 0)
block 0 of dka500.5.0.17.0 is a valid boot block
reading 152 blocks from dka500.5.0.17.0
failed to send Read to dka500.5.0.17.0
failed to read dka500.5.0.17.0
bootstrap failure.
A "show conf" command reveals the following:
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Modular Computing
Firmware
SRM Console: X4.7-1275
PALcode: VMS PALcode V5.56-4, OSF PALcode X1.45-9
Processor
DECchip (tm) 21064A-6 266Mhz
Memory
128 Meg of System Memory
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PCI Bus
Bus 00 Slot 07: Intel SIO 82378
Bus 00 Slot 17: NCR 810 Scsi Controller
pka0.7.0.17.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
dka0.7.0.17.0 RZ26L
dka100.1.0.17.0 RZ26L
dka500.5.0.17.0 RRD43
Bus 00 Slot 18: NCR DECchip 21040 Network Controller
ewa0.0.0.18.0 08-00-2B-E6-55-A1
Bus 00 Slot 19: NCR 810 Scsi Controller
pkb0.7.0.19.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
Bus 00 Slot 20: Digital ZXLp Graphics Controller
ISA
Slot Device Name Type Enabled BaseAddr IRQ DMA
0 0 MOUSE Embedded Yes 60 12
1 KBD Embedded Yes 60 1
2 COM1 Embedded Yes 3f8 4
3 COM2 Embedded No 2f8 3
4 LPT1 Embedded Yes 3bc 7
5 FLOPPY Embedded Yes 3f0 6 2
4
0 COM4 Singleport Yes 2e8 3
Any information you could provide as to how I can get this PC to boot and/or load Alpha Linux
would be greatly appreciated.
Michel West
Systems Administrator
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