6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Mon Jan 16 06:57:24 PST 2006


On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:14:02AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote..
> Finally had a chance to download 6.0R.  It boots my 2100A fine and drops 
> into the installer without a hitch.    I was short of time, so I didn't do 
> the install, but I thought you'd like to know that much.

Fascinating.  Now the big question is how do these 2 Lynx boxes differ?

SHOW CONF from both might be entertaining to compare.

> At 10:51 AM 1/14/2006, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> >On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 07:11:05PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >>
> >> But I am still puzzled the 2100A did not even attempt to boot.  Have you
> >> verified the CDR on another Alpha?
> >
> >Multiple CDRs from multiple burners, all sha256 verified. I can boot
> >previous releases (like 6.0-beta4) fine (though it crashes right away in
> >the boot sequence).
> >
> >Oh well. I found someone who's interested in giving it a home, perhaps
> >to use OpenVMS on it.
> >
> >-T
> >
> >
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> Paul.
> 
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