Re: [9fans] Alpha bootloader "kernel stack not valid"

["LiteStar numnums" <litestar@gmail.com>]

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This is not true for alpha systems that were either resold or created by
other companies. The AlphaPC product line was resold as beige box computers,
and other manufactures made clones of the motherboards. The NetBSD/alpha
page has a pretty decent look at the types. Your statement about them being
complete systems is true for any DEC manufactured system that actually
carries the DEC name (which AlphaPCs didn't really).

On 2/23/06, geoff@collyer.net <geoff@collyer.net> wrote:
>
> Hmm.  My impression is that Alpha systems were built much more as
> complete systems (as were Vaxen) than as the grab-bag of components
> that PCs tend be.  I did a little work at getting the 83815 and 82557
> ether drivers to run before my Alpha died, and eventually I realised
> that SRM probably wouldn't be able to tftp boot through them.
>
> I'd start by replacing the 82559 with a 2114x.  Mine is a DE-500 but
> you might be able to find Netgear FA310s (not 311s), which should work
> too.
>
> What's in your /alpha/conf file?  Mine was:
>
> bootfile=/alpha/9apccpu
> ether0=type=2114x 100BASE-TXFD
> scsi0=type=ata
>
> What's your /lib/ndb entry for the alpha?  Mine was:
>
> ip=216.240.55.174 sys=alpha sys=α dom=alpha.collyer.net
>         ether=0000f81fb442              # de-500ba (21143); original ether
> card
>         bootf=/alpha/bootalphapc
>
> It might be revealing to install and boot a BSD or Linux and see if it
> runs correctly.
>
>


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