Subject: Re: NetBSD install on DEC 3000/500
To: Matthew Cordes <mcorde61@maine.edu>
From: None <josef.watzko@altavista.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/04/2001 04:33:20
Hi,
if the system was previously used as a server the
following changes may be necessary:
>>> SET SERVER OFF
The alternate console switch on the rear of the
unit is set to the left (active only after a power
down/up).
More:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2000/07/07/0002.html
Joe
---- you wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
> I'm having difficulty installing netbsd on an alpha 3000/500.
> It boots from the cd, then switches to the serial console after
> displaying "SWITCHING TO SERIAL CONSOLE", then the display hangs,
> but the machine appears to be doing something. Is a serial console
> mandatory at this point? Are there any flags to force it use the
> attached monitor/keyboard? Can someone point me to an explanation
> of this behavior?
>
> -matt
>
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