I think you've got yourself a TurboChannel machine that Linux doesn't support. There some info on a porting project here: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~prescott/linux/alpha/dec3000-port.html
but it doesn't look like anything has been done in quite a while. I think that NetBSD does run on these boxes, but last I knew they didn't support a keyboard or video so you need to control it over the serial port. Hope that helps, --rdp On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I'm trying to netboot a DEC 3000 m300 workstation (two in fact) > > No floppy, no cd-roms, only Tru64 installed. > > I've got the TFTP and BOOTP parts nice. In fact, it starts to boot. > > But it dies after: > Linux/AXP bootp loader for Linux 2.2.18pre21 > Expected vptb at 0000000200000000, got 0000000000000000 > > ?05 HLT INSTR > PC=00000000,20000014 PSL= 00000000,00001F00 > > ---- > > Any ideas? > > Tried both tftpboot.img from woody and potato, they both look bad. > > What am I missing? If all else fails, I have a couple of i386 based machines > around, how can I cross-compile an alpha kernel, wrap it in a tftpboot.img > files (with whatever else is required) and try again? > > Have fun, > > Chris > > -- Rich Payne http://talisman.mv.com
