DEC 500a

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Wed Sep 7 03:56:36 PDT 2005


On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:45:18AM -1000, Pete Gross wrote..
> I have download the alpha iso for fbsd 5.4.  I am trying to install it,
> but I am not having any luck.  I have tried to find info on google or irc,
> but haven't had any luck there either.
> 
> Basically my problem is that when I type 'boot dka0' at the srm prompt it
> goes and loads the kernel, but it eventually just stops and says
> 
> "halted cpu 0
>  halt code = 5
> HALT instruction executed
> PC = 1C"
> 
> The last couple lines before this is detecting the scsi qlogic 1020/1040
> adapter.
> 
> I am wondering what is going wrong and what can I do to fix this problem?

Post the complete bootlog please.

A SHOW CONF from the >>> prompt typically is also useful.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org


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