From: Jay Estabrook (Jay.Estabrookhp.com)
Date: Sat Dec 06 2008 - 11:23:05 CST

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Hi, Steven,

Oh, yes, it could be IDE driver for the Cypress. I believe someone
else has reported having some issues; I've not seen any personally,
but I have mostly the newest boxes (667MHz), and there may have been
tweaks to the latest mobos that affect this.

As for net installs: YES!

Put the ISO in an NFS-avail directory, and boot like this:

1. b dqa0 -fl "2 askmethod"
2. when it gets to the option screen for NFS/FTP/HTTP:

  a) REMOVE THE CD FROM THE DRIVE!
  b) specify the NFS server and the directory where the ISO is

Then, everything should proceed normally.

Sometimes it seems quicker, esp. if one normally uses IDE CDROM,
as those drivers default on Alpha to non-DMA, IIRC... :-\

Good luck!

--Jay++

Steven Moix wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 10:23 -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote:
>> hecking again now...
>>
>> BTW, on that previous problem that ended in a python error in
>> urlgrabber: I saw something apparently identical on an ES45 I was
>> installing to. I think it might be an instance of failure to
>> read an RPM off the CD, and an attempt to grab it off the net, and
>> not having the network set up; ie multiple repos set up by default,
>> with CD chosen first, then onto the net if failure on CD.
>>
>> Might be worth a try to clean that CD and try again with it.
>
> With my other IDE DVD Drive (NEC ND-2500A), I couldn't boot from any of
> the CDs, this time anaconda crashed with an even different error right
> after the CD check dialog box.
>
> Don't you think that this behavior could be caused by a buggy IDE
> driver? Btw, is it possible to netinstall alphadora?
>
> Steven
>
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