Re: Another question - 5.8 install CD won't boot?

Thanks for the reply.  Here is what I'm seeing:

>>>show device
dka400.4.0.9.0             DKA400                        RRD46  0557
dva0.0.0.0.1               DVA0
ewa0.0.0.6.0               EWA0              00-00-F8-24-E5-03
pka0.7.0.9.0               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7  5.57
>>>boot dka4
(boot dka400.4.0.9.0 -flags a)
block 0 of dka400.4.0.9.0 is not a valid boot block
bootstrap failure

The text on the OpenBSD 5.8 package that makes me think the CD isn't
bootable on Alpha is:

"CD can boot on i386, amd64, macppc, sparc64
 Other architectures available on the Internet"


Thanks,
Bryan

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Miod Vallat <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I think I may know the answer to this already but I have my 5.8 disc set
> > that I pre-ordered and figured I could just throw disk 1 in the drive of
> > this Alphastation 500/400 and boot it up over the serial console.
> >
> > Unfortunately I got an error from the SRM:
> >
> > block 0 of dka4 is not a valid boot block
> > bootstrap failure
>
> Please show at least the output of `show dev' and the exact command you've
> used to boot, or we won't be able to help you.
>