From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Alpha bootloader "kernel stack not valid" Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:15:50 -0800 From: geoff@collyer.net In-Reply-To: <20060223073007.GA32767@slash.bytex64.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 04c7736e-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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=3D/alpha/9apccpu ether0=3Dtype=3D2114x 100BASE-TXFD scsi0=3Dtype=3Data What's your /lib/ndb entry for the alpha? Mine was: ip=3D216.240.55.174 sys=3Dalpha sys=3D=CE=B1 dom=3Dalpha.collyer.net ether=3D0000f81fb442 # de-500ba (21143); original ether card bootf=3D/alpha/bootalphapc It might be revealing to install and boot a BSD or Linux and see if it runs correctly.