Alpha DS10L won't boot after install
Sten Spans
sten at blinkenlights.nl
Fri Dec 15 16:33:13 PST 2006
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Bruce wrote:
> I was able to boot the install disk and install over ftp. The install
> completed successfully. When I type boot dqa0 at the srm prompt, it starts
> the boot process but when it gets to Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf it
> says Unable to load a kernel. Do I need to modify the boot command or is
> there something I missed during the install?
Strange, it might be worth trying again with zero-ed bootblocks.
Escape to shell from the installer and run
"dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1M count=1
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Sten Spans
"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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