On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 03:12:07PM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > I downloaded the debian-5010-alpha-CD-1.iso from here : > > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/alpha/iso-cd/ > > Things did not go so well :
[snip] > Processor > DECchip (tm) 21164-5 Pass 4 266 MHz 96 KBytes SCache An EV5 processor? Then not supported by Debian ports anymore. Ah, but you are installing Debian Lenny, so, yes, that should work. [snip] > >>>boot dka500 > (boot dka500.5.0.1001.0 -flags A) > block 0 of dka500.5.0.1001.0 is a valid boot block > reading 159 blocks from dka500.5.0.1001.0 > bootstrap code read in > base = 142000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 13e00 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > initializing page table at 134000 > initializing machine state > setting affinity to the primary CPU > jumping to bootstrap code > aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9b > aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.22 > aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 0 1001 0 5 500 0 0' > aboot: no disklabel found. > iso: Max size:331633 Log zone size:2048 > iso: First datazone:52 Root inode number 106496 > aboot: could not find default config `A' > Welcome to aboot 0.9b > Commands: > h, ? Display this message > q Halt the system and return to SRM > p 1-8 Look in partition <num> for configuration/kernel > l List preconfigured kernels > d <dir> List directory <dir> in current filesystem > b <file> <args> Boot kernel in <file> (- for raw boot) > i <file> Use <file> as initial ramdisk > with arguments <args> > 0-9 Boot preconfiguration 0-9 (list with 'l') > aboot> d > boot > css > debian > dedication.txt > dists > doc > etc > install > md5sum.txt > milo > pics > pool > README.html > README.txt > README.mirrors.html > README.mirrors.txt > .disk > aboot> q > > halted CPU 0 Did you try "d boot" while in aboot to see what is in the boot directory? And did you try "l" to list preconfigured kernels (the list is read from /etc/aboot.conf and I see the /etc directory is in the directory listing above, so would hazard a guess that /etc/aboot.conf is indeed present and would provide some boot options.) Cheers, Michael.
