Subject: NetBSD and Multia Questions
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org, shsrms@erols.com>
From: shsrms <shsrms@erols.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/14/1998 14:56:20
I think I am subscribed to the mailing list. I sent back the auth
message but have not seen the response yet. So, I am inlcuding myself
as a cc just incase someone would like to group reply...hint hint.
I am assuming that someone out there has loaded netbsd on a multia.
Some background:
I have a few vaxen running NetBSD. I purchased the NetBSD CD. I have
1.3.2 running on uVIIs.
I picked up a multia from cpumicromart. I have added keyboard, mouse,
32MB or true parity, a 3.5 inch 340MB scsi drive (Maxtor), picked up the
external scsi card/pci slot from Starship, have a monitor kind of hooked
up. I have booted the machine, it sees the memory, it sees the mouse,
sees the floppy, sees the hard drive.
I used the alpha files on the cd to build a boot floppy. I also
downloaded the latest floppy images from netbsd.org in
arch/alpha/current (1.3h). Obviously I have a couple of questions.
Questions:
(I have read the faq I found thru the netbsd.org web site. I booted the
multia, got the >>> prompt and said boot the floppy (boot dka0.0.0) and
get the info that 1.3h is loading. After a few seconds (1-8 or so) I
get a symbol that looks like a downarrow followed by a period. Then the
floppy led stays on, I wait for minutes and nothing else happens.)
What should the boot sequence look like and how long should it take if I
boot from a floppy?
Is the edlabel utility in the floopy boot? If not, how do label my hard
drive - I am assuming it is there cause it is in the vax initial load
methods.
Dumb question: what is a good video monitor to use on this little
beasty?
Thanks for any help!
bob (with his NetBSD vax cluster running 1.3.2! - Falias, Finias,
Gorias, and Murias)