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Jason Thorpe | 1 Nov 2005 06:09

Free AlphaServer 1200 available for pick-up in San Francisco

Folks...

I originally posted about this back in May, had a few nibbles, but no  
one followed through to pick it up, so here it goes again...

Free AlphaServer 1200 available for pick-up in San Francisco.   
Multiprocessor EV56 + MCPCIA system w/ 1G of memory, a built-in  
StorageWorks-compatible disk shelf, and plenty of disks installed.   
One processor board is currently installed, and I have a second one  
ready to go in (the other original processor board let out its magic  
smoke a couple of years ago -- that board is also included).

As an added bonus, you get whatever PCI / EISA cards are currently  
installed in it.  There is also an ECU disk in the floppy drive.

This machine is heavy, so I will not ship it, and I will not deliver  
it.  I *WILL* need help getting it out of my attic (it took 2 people  
to get it up there, and will certainly take 2 to get it down).  For  
whoever picks it up, I will provide liquid refreshment (beer,  
preferably :-) as well as sandwiches from Yellow Submarine or  
burritos from L'Avenida Taqueria after the beast has been relocated  
to your car / truck / van / whatever.

TIME IS LIMITED!  I bought a new house, and I have other uses for the  
space that this machine would otherwise occupy.  That means -- either  
someone picks it up, or I have the movers take it to a raw materials  
recycler.

The drop-dead date for this machine being out of my attic is NOVEMBER  
16, 2005!
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Steve Kirk | 10 Nov 2005 02:07

Alpha-based hardware

Hi,

I know this is not strictly related to NetBSD, but I'm wondering if anyone on this list would be able to point
me in the direction of any good + knowledgable suppliers of reasonably priced alpha-based hardware in the
UK, ideally in the south.

Cheers,

Steve
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Wilko Bulte | 12 Nov 2005 13:14
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8x8MB DIMM for AlphaStation500 for donation

Folks,

If any of you can use them: I have 8 DIMMs of 8MB each (so 2 sets)
available for a DEC AlphaStation500.

Will ship at my cost.
cheers,

--

-- 
Wilko		wilko <at> FreeBSD.org
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Havard Eidnes | 13 Nov 2005 15:33
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Package binaries for NetBSD/alpha / pkgsrc-2005Q3

Hi,

I have just now placed the results of my recently completed
pkgsrc bulk build for pkgsrc-2005Q3, built on NetBSD/alpha
version 2.0_STABLE in

  ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2005Q3/NetBSD-2.1/alpha/

The build was started before 2.1 was released proper, but since
2.0_STABLE is slightly newer than 2.0, I picked the above
directory to place the results in.  For all I know, the package
binaries will work fine on 2.0 proper as well.

Note that the pkgsrc tree I built this from is of Oct 10 vintage,
so a number of vulnerabilities have probably cropped up between
then and now, so a number of the packages are probably marked as
vulnerable by a recent audit-packages data file.

I've re-updated the tree on my bulk build machine, and a new
round of builds is currently progressing, and I'll try to keep
the above directory updated as they complete.

Best regards,

- Håvard
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Havard Eidnes | 21 Nov 2005 00:06
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Re: Package binaries for NetBSD/alpha / pkgsrc-2005Q3

Hi,

earlier I wrote:

> I've re-updated the tree on my bulk build machine, and a new
> round of builds is currently progressing, and I'll try to keep
> the above directory updated as they complete.

The new bulk build has completed, and the results have been
merged into the repository at ftp.NetBSD.org at

   ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2005Q3/NetBSD-2.1/alpha/

Best regards,

- Håvard
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Uwe Lienig | 21 Nov 2005 20:33
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PWS 600au not nettbooting from linux

Hi listers,

This drives me crazy. I try to net boot a 600au via bootp from a dhcp 
server on a linux machine (actually a i386 w/ linux/SuSE 9.3). The 
dhcpd.conf file has:

ddns-update-style none;
authoritative ;
allow bootp;
log-facility local0;
deny unknown-clients;
default-lease-time 14400;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
   option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
   option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
   option routers 192.168.1.254;
   option domain-name-servers ns0, ns1;
   option domain-name "mydomain";
   range 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.199;
   default-lease-time 14400;
   max-lease-time 43200;
}

host PWS_600au {
   # option tftp-server-name "myserver";
   option host-name "alphab" ;
   # option root-path "/opt/tftp/boot/NetBSD/2.1/alpha" ;
   # allow booting;
   hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:86:8c:ae;
   fixed-address 192.168.1.100;
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Urban Boquist | 21 Nov 2005 22:53

Re: PWS 600au not nettbooting from linux

>>>>> Uwe Lienig writes:

Uwe> I try to net boot a 600au [...]

Uwe> tcpdump doesn't even show a request to the tftp port.

Uwe> The SRM shows: Sending BOOTP packet ..file open failed for
Uwe> ewa0/0.0.0.3.0

This sounds exactly like what I saw on a 500AU a while ago. As long as
the SRM was in control the builtin tlp-card worked fine but as soon as
the NetBSD boot block took over nothing ever left the card. I don't
remember the details but I googled a little on netbsd.org and draw the
conclusion that it migh be some problem with the PHY.

I also tried to boot from a floppy and run ifconfig manually but was
still unable to get it to work, tried all combinations of media and
options, tried different hubs / switches. Nothing seemed to help. Have
you tried that?

Finally I stuck a cheap tlp-clone into the box and it worked without
problems. I never got the time to investigate further (as usual :)...

Best regards,

        -- Urban
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Uwe Lienig | 22 Nov 2005 10:34
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Re: PWS 600au not nettbooting from linux

Urban Boquist wrote:
>>>>>>Uwe Lienig writes:
> 
> 
> Uwe> I try to net boot a 600au [...]
> 
> Uwe> tcpdump doesn't even show a request to the tftp port.
> 
> Uwe> The SRM shows: Sending BOOTP packet ..file open failed for
> Uwe> ewa0/0.0.0.3.0
> 
> This sounds exactly like what I saw on a 500AU a while ago. As long as
> the SRM was in control the builtin tlp-card worked fine but as soon as
> the NetBSD boot block took over nothing ever left the card. I don't
> remember the details but I googled a little on netbsd.org and draw the
> conclusion that it migh be some problem with the PHY.
There isn't even a indication that the bootblocks get loaded onto the 
600au. If the boot blocks would be transferred, there should be some 
traffic to and from the tftp port. But I haven't found anything going on 
there.

The other things that makes me wonder is, that the same 600au has been 
installed a 2.0.2 via net boot. But I used NetBSD/alpha on a 3000/800 as 
a dhcp server. I couldn't get the 600au to boot off linux/i386 as the 
dhcp server. It seems to me, that there is some kind of magic in the 
BOOTREPLY generated from the dhcp server (or the underlying tcp stack?) 
that differs between NetBSD and linux.

> 
> I also tried to boot from a floppy and run ifconfig manually but was
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Erik E. Fair | 22 Nov 2005 11:00
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Re: PWS 600au not nettbooting from linux

The following DHCP conf section for my Alphas has always worked for 
me. The server is a  DigitalServer 3305 (nee AlphaServer 800 5/500) 
running NetBSD 1.6.2_STABLE:

subnet X.X.X.X netmask X.X.X.X {
         range X.X.X.X  X.X.X.X;
         option subnet-mask X.X.X.;
         option routers X.X.X.X;
         option broadcast-address X.X.X.X;
         server-name "fs0";
         option swap-server fs0.clock.org;
         option domain-name "clock.org";
         option domain-name-servers dns.mogul.ski.way.clock.org;
         option font-servers fs0.clock.org;
         option ntp-servers ntp.ski.way.clock.org;
         option time-servers ntp.ski.way.clock.org;
         option smtp-server smtp.ski.way.clock.org;

         group {
                 use-host-decl-names on;
                 always-reply-rfc1048 on;        # SRM sucks
                 filename "netboot.alpha";
#               next-server fs0.clock.org;
                 server-name "fs0";

                 host timex.clock.org {          # DEC Alpha Personal 
Workstation 600au
                         hardware ethernet 00:00:F8:76:21:19;    # 
21143 built-in
#                       hardware ethernet 00:00:F8:1e:3c:05;    #
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