[TriLUG] Linux on Alpha?

[P. L. Charles Fischer]

If you have a SCSI CD the boot device will be DKA???.  Do a "show dev" at
the SRM prompt to find out for sure.

If your Alphas have ARC and not SRM, you will need (at least should) to down
load the SRM code from Compaq.

I have had trouble with RedHat 7.1, so 6.2 may be the better way to go.

If you have an XP1000 or PC-164 Alpha let me know (off list).

-Charles

At 03:03 PM 11/30/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>A friend just inherited a couple of old Alphas. I know that some of you run 
>Linux on them.
>
>Now, how hard is to install Linux on them?
>
>Any recomended distro? Red Hat 6.2, maybe?
>
>Any URL with a HOWTO? Any need for special floppies or whatever?
>
>
>Salut,
>Sinner
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