6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?

[Thomas Laus]

Date sent:      	Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:05 +0100
From:           	Wilko Bulte <wb at freebie.xs4all.nl>
Subject:        	Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?
To:             	Tillman Hodgson <tillman at seekingfire.com>
Copies to:      	freebsd-alpha at freebsd.org

> > Does 4.x boot on the 2100A? Reading the archives I came a cross a few
> > references to that.
> 
> It is a long time ago I tried it, our 2100A has gone away years ago.  So
> you would need to find someone who has recently tried one.
> 
FreeBSD 4.11 boots (or used to) on my 2100A.  My 2100A is dead (no picture, no 
sound) right now, so I can't verify that any of the current releases will still 
boot. There was an issue with the bootloader writing to a disk that had VMS 
loaded.  I disklabled the disk in another computer and then FreeBSD 4.11 wrote 
to the disk and booted afterward.  I never could get any of the 5.x CD's to do 
anything.  My 2100A died before 6.0 was released.

Tom
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