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 <
[hidden email]> 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.
>