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From: "Gabriel M. Beddingfield" <gabriel@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-alpha] AlphaStation 200 (Mustang) won't boot 2004.3 liveCD
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:22:00
Message-Id: cp0p2m$gmd$1@sea.gmane.org
1 I have an AlphaStation 200 4/166 (Mustang) and I'm trying to do a gentoo
2 install. I can't get it to boot.
3
4 1. I have the minimal LiveCD install-alpha-minimal-2004.3-r1.iso.
5 2. MD5s check out.
6 3. CD Burn verified OK.
7 4. Firmware updated to V7.0 (was X5.0, I think)
8
9 What happens:
10
11 1. power on computer
12 2. >>> show dev
13 ...
14 dka400.4.0.6.0 DKA400 RRD43 1084
15 ...
16 3. >>> boot dka400 -flags 0
17 (boot dka400.4.0.6.0 -flags 0)
18 block 0 of dka400.4.0.6.0 is a valid boot block
19 ....
20 aboot: no disklabel found.
21 iso: Max size 27007 Long zone size: 2048
22 iso: First datazone:40 Root inode number 8190
23 aboot: loading uncompressed /boot/gentoo...
24 aboot: loading compressed /boot/gentoo...
25 aboot: zero-filling 644040 bytes at 0xfffffc0000828c40
26 aboot: loading initrd (1222017 bytes/1193 blocks) at 0xfffffc0007d0e000
27 oboot: starting kernel /boot/gentoo with arguments root=/dev/ram0
28 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs cdroot
29
30 4. System hangs there.
31
32 Note: the 'oboot' at the end is *not* a typo.
33
34 Thanks in advance!
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Re: [gentoo-alpha] AlphaStation 200 (Mustang) won't boot 2004.3 liveCD Marnix Arnold <mxa@××××××.nl>