last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot

From	Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.ports.alpha
Subject	last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot
Date	2026-03-20 20:20 +0100
Message-ID	<MANy2-90Zo-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization	GENUNIX

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I downloaded the debian-5010-alpha-CD-1.iso from here :

     https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/alpha/iso-cd/

Things did not go so well :

 >>>ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.ee.ed.f4.ec.eb.
ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
  Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266 Console V6.9-5
         built on Oct 10 1998 at 14:22:57
 >>>show config

Firmware
SRM Console:    V6.9-5
ARC Console:    4.57
PALcode:        VMS PALcode V1.20-0, OSF PALcode V1.22-0
SROM Version:   V1.2

Processor
DECchip (tm) 21164-5    Pass 4  266 MHz  96 KBytes SCache
2 MB BCache
CIA ASIC Pass 2

MEMORY


Memory Size = 1024Mb

Bank      Size/Sets   Base Addr     Speed
------    ----------  ---------     -----
00        256Mb/2     000000000     Fast
01        256Mb/2     010000000     Fast
02        256Mb/2     020000000     Fast
03        256Mb/2     030000000     Fast


BCache Size = 2Mb

Tested Memory =  1024Mbytes

PCI Bus
      Bus 00  Slot 07: Digital ZLXp Graphics Controller
  


      Bus 00  Slot 08: DECchip 21050 PCI to PCI Bridge
        Bus 01  Slot 00: DECchip 21040 Network Controller
                                    ewa0.0.0.1000.0 
08-00-2B-E7-D4-57

        Bus 01  Slot 01: ISP1020 Scsi Controller
                                    pka0.7.0.1001.0       SCSI Bus ID 7 

                                    dka500.5.0.1001.0      RRD45 


        Bus 01  Slot 02: ISP1020 Scsi Controller
                                    pkb0.7.0.1002.0       SCSI Bus ID 7 

                                    dkb100.1.0.1002.0      SEAGATE 
ST336704LSUN
                                    dkb200.2.0.1002.0      SEAGATE 
ST336704LSUN
                                    dkb300.3.0.1002.0      SEAGATE 
ST336704LSUN
                                    dkb400.4.0.1002.0      SEAGATE 
ST318404LSUN

      Bus 00  Slot 09: DECchip 21152 PCI to PCI Bridge
        Bus 02  Slot 04: Vendor: 1000  Device: f
        Bus 02  Slot 05: Vendor: 1022  Device: 2000
      Bus 00  Slot 10: Intel   8275EB PCI to Eisa Bridge
  



EISA Bus Modules (installed)

EISA/ISA NVR configuration
         SLOT    Module
          1      ISA2000
 >>>boot dka500
(boot dka500.5.0.1001.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka500.5.0.1001.0 is a valid boot block
reading 159 blocks from dka500.5.0.1001.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 142000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 13e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 134000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9b
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.22
aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 0 1001 0 5 500 0 0'
aboot: no disklabel found.
iso: Max size:331633   Log zone size:2048
iso: First datazone:52   Root inode number 106496
aboot: could not find default config `A'
Welcome to aboot 0.9b
Commands:
  h, ?                   Display this message
  q                      Halt the system and return to SRM
  p 1-8                  Look in partition <num> for configuration/kernel
  l                      List preconfigured kernels
  d <dir>                List directory <dir> in current filesystem
  b <file> <args>        Boot kernel in <file> (- for raw boot)
  i <file>               Use <file> as initial ramdisk
                         with arguments <args>
  0-9                    Boot preconfiguration 0-9 (list with 'l')
aboot> d
boot
css
debian
dedication.txt
dists
doc
etc
install
md5sum.txt
milo
pics
pool
README.html
README.txt
README.mirrors.html
README.mirrors.txt
.disk
aboot> q

halted CPU 0

halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = 200001a8
 >>>init
ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.ee.ed.f4.ec.eb.
ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
  Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266 Console V6.9-5
         built on Oct 10 1998 at 14:22:57
 >>>

Well, not sure anyone has tried those install ISO files on hardware.



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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken

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last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> - 2026-03-20 20:20 +0100
  Re: last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2026-03-20 21:50 +0100
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    Re: last available bootable was 5.0.10 and it does not boot Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> - 2026-03-20 22:10 +0100

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