FreeBSD on AlphaServer 1000A 4/266

Wilko Bulte wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Fri May 14 14:56:15 PDT 2004


On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:11:10PM +0100, Santanu Das wrote:

Not 5.2.1 because we do not have that model at work anymore, but previously
4.x ran fine on these machines.  I had EV5 CPUs in ours though.

Have you read the Alpha version of HARDWARE.TXT? That has more info
on the various Alpha models.

Wilko

> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is the first time I'm trying FreBSD and even more, the very first 
> on a AlphaServer. I downloaded four iso images namely, 
> 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-bootonly.iso, 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc1.iso, 
> 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc2.iso and 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-miniinst.iso from 
> mirror side.  Do I need to burn all these images?
> 
> Did any ever body install FreeBSD on that particular machine (AS 1000A 
> 4/266) or know about any known constraint?
> Any related information would be much more appreciate!!!
> 
> Santanu
> 
> 
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