6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?

[Wilko Bulte]

On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 05:28:33PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote..
> Here's the complete boot attempt:
> 

> Testing the System
> Testing the Disks (read only)
> Testing the Network
> AlphaServer 2100A Console V5.3-10, built on Oct 16 1998 at 14:06:58

  	      ^^^^


> (boot dka600.6.0.2001.0 -flags A)
> failed to open dka600.6.0.2001.0
> 
> I've tried both disc1 (shown) and bootonly. I've confirmed the SHA256
> checksums on the downloaded images and I burned them using burncd on a
> FreeBSD -current i386 box.
> 
> My older 6.0-beta5 CD boots fine (though as an older thread will show
> actually doesn't noot *correctly* on 2100A machines, but that's a whole
> other issue).
> 
> Is this a known issue? Does that ISO image work for other folks?

It does.  But support for the AS2100A 'Lynx' wasn't stellar in its best
days, and apparantly it has gone downhill :(

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org