Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:17:02 +0100, Martin Reindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So they only problem now is documenting how to multiboot OpenBSD and >WinNT on alpha? Pardon me, but i don't expect Nick to put up a section >about this in the FAQ. Especially since it would involve explaining >AlphaBIOS

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Martin Reindl
"Richard P. Koett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Reindl wrote: > > "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:03:21 +0100, Martin Reindl > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Tobias Ulmer
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:03:21PM +0100, Martin Reindl wrote: > "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > >(2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting > > >offset for the 'a' p

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Richard P. Koett
Martin Reindl wrote: > "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:03:21 +0100, Martin Reindl >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Martin Reindl
"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:03:21 +0100, Martin Reindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >(2) When doing the inst

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:03:21 +0100, Martin Reindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >(2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting >> >offset for t

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Martin Reindl
"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >(2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting > >offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is > >discouraged on i386 and othe

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:50:48 -0800, "J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >(2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting >offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is >discouraged on i386 and other systems (default is 63), so I figured I'd >ask if usi

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Martin Reindl
"J.C. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:36:34 +0100 (CET), Tamas TEVESZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > > > (1) When booting the cd38.iso with either bsd or bsd.rd you go into UKC > > > rather than directly into the inst

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew Daugherity
On 12/16/05, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On i386, that statement is STILL wrong, though you will be digging up > either some unusual historic hardware or some really unusual devices for > there to be an issue. Still, that's just wrong. > > On i386, it is NOT "63 sectors", it is "one

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-17 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 07:48:36PM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: > > Well, I guess I know how I'll be spending my Friday night... > (once I get the lasagna out of the keyboard) > > Nick. heh heh heh. thanks, jmc

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread Nick Holland
Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:50:48PM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: >> >> (2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting >> offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is >> discouraged on i386 and other systems (default is 63), so I figure

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, J.C. Roberts wrote: > Eventually, the boot_osflags in the SRM needs to be set to "a" but the > default is "A" -The case would make no difference for some OS's but > OpenBSD probably won't like it. ;-) fwiw i've been doing fine with `A' for ages. -- [-] mkdir /nonexisten

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:36:34 +0100 (CET), Tamas TEVESZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > (1) When booting the cd38.iso with either bsd or bsd.rd you go into UKC > > rather than directly into the installation. I'm guessing this is normal > > since I'm sure

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:14:34 +, Jason McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:50:48PM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: >> >> (2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting >> offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is >> discourage

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, J.C. Roberts wrote: > (1) When booting the cd38.iso with either bsd or bsd.rd you go into UKC > rather than directly into the installation. I'm guessing this is normal > since I'm sure there might be some things that need doing for some of > the more esoteric alpha hardwa

Re: Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:50:48PM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > (2) When doing the installation disklabel, the "suggested" starting > offset for the 'a' partition is 0? I know using an offset of 0 is > discouraged on i386 and other systems (default is 63), so I figured I'd > ask if using a 0 off

Alpha Disklabel Question

2005-12-16 Thread J.C. Roberts
When doing an install of 3.8-RELEASE on an Alpha PSW-433 I noticed two odd thing: (1) When booting the cd38.iso with either bsd or bsd.rd you go into UKC rather than directly into the installation. I'm guessing this is normal since I'm sure there might be some things that need doing for some of t