Re: [TCLUG:12514] Linux on an Alpha

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Subject: Re: [TCLUG:12514] Linux on an Alpha
From: Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:00:06 -0600
Organization: Bigtime Networks Inc.
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> I'm trying to put RH6.1 on it, but I don't have a CDROM. I'm trying to use
> the boot floppies, but all that does is get to where it says "Unknown
> compression method" and drops me into 'aboot'. Redhat's README says to
> boot the floppy with:
> 
>   boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
> 
> But ALPHA's SRM doesn't know what that is, and neither does aboot.

Use ARC/AlphaBIOS if at all possible. What machine is this... I
currently have an ol' Multia running my ipmasq for my cable modem...

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