Re: Install CD boot failure on PWS600au

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 03:57:26PM +0000, Thomas Pfau wrote:
> I was looking for something to do with my Alpha system since 
> they're shutting down the OpenVMS hobbyist program and thought I'd 
> try to load OpenBSD on it. I have already loaded OpenBSD on 
> VirtualBox on a linux system.
> 
> My Alpha system is a Personal Workstation model 600au. It is maxed
> out on memory. I think it has 512M.
> 
> I downloaded install75.iso, burned it to a CDROM and tried booting 
> it. Right after the notice to check the date and time it displayed 
> this:
> 
> init[1]: pinsyscalls addr 2124620 code 49, pinoff 0xffffffff 
> (pin(Y) 1 2000000-213490 1359b0) (libcpin 0 0-0 0) error 78
> 
> At this point it appears dead. I let it sit for a while and there 
> was no further output.
> 
> Anyone have any idea what's wrong?

The alpha install media for 7.5 is broken:

https://www.openbsd.org/errata75.html

Try a snapshot or 7.4:
https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/alpha/